moral rectitude
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Shah noted "if he has an ounce of moral rectitude he should return the money".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
But before she got to that bit of moral rectitude, she offered a few rhetorical flourishes to drive home the positively sickening greed at the heart of the alleged crimes.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2022
Tutu, a Nobel Peace prize winner widely revered across racial and cultural divides in South Africa for his moral rectitude and principled fight against white-minority rule, died on Sunday aged 90.
From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2021
May the day be hastened when no man who stands in moral rectitude in the presence of man and God will be forced to maintain what he believes his rights in defiance of the law.
From The Leaven in a Great City by Lillian William Betts
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