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righteousness

[rahy-chuhs-nis] / ˈraɪ tʃəs nɪs /




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Righteousness, after all, isn’t reflected in the standings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

Through his nonprofit, Civil Righteousness, Thomas now marshals a loose network of volunteers and like-minded evangelists who are always ready to mobilize.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2020

Righteousness continues to wither away; evil is trending; a time or space outside the machine may no longer exist.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2019

Righteousness predominates, with scripts arranged so that all the pieces fall into order, that the wrong shall fail and the right prevail.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2019

I shall not undertake the task of arraigning Julian as before the bar of the Eternal Righteousness.

From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.




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