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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

Civil Righteousness was far from the only organization to view the place of Floyd’s death as an opportunity for Christian evangelism.

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 then heard Awhile the plea, how there in equipoise God's Mercy stood against His Righteousness, 50 By weight of reason held.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den




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