English Explanatory Dictionary

rightness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The characteristic of being right; correctness.
  2. The result or product of being right; something correct.
  3. The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.

Word forms

rightness rightnesses

Etymology

From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).

Antonyms

error wrongness leftness
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