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I am beyond grateful that I have a small part to play in ensuring that Homer Plessy’s legacy will be entirely defined by the rightness of his cause and undefiled by an unjust criminal conviction.

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I have access to a perspective that puts me in a position of authority and rightness.

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There are profound differences in the psychology of the evangelical when it comes to being entitled to the rightness of belief.

Most female pop stars play directly into the “invisible rightness” that surrounds heterosexuality.

Wouk takes for granted - not only the rightness of the war's cause - but also the worth and merit of the warriors.

Since then they have fallen over themselves to prove the rightness of their forecast.

I believe in the rightness of it, and I believe I have a right to it.

We all want people to be convinced of the rightness (and righteousness) of our positions.

And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful.

You may have similar qualms over rent and the rightness and wrongness of it.

And that again is because they are not clean enough themselves to value rightness above rubies!

And, during the years of my preparation, there never came to me a doubt of the rightness of my decision.

Again the assurance of perfect rightness came back in a mighty roar from the hills.

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On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rightness, such as: goodness, righteousness, belief, conduct, conscience, and convention.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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