moral rectitude
Example Sentences
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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
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
And so to the degree that Edward is an … Edwardian … I like him for being extremely, like, well-read and intelligent and piano-playing and concerned about moral rectitude and such.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2020
This, I must tell you, is a city of the highest moral rectitude.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia
