moral rectitude
Example Sentences
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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
The sidewalk dollar you leave behind, out of moral rectitude, for its original owner to claim likely will find the pocket of the next pedestrian in line.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021
How often do flagrant transgressions of moral rectitude occur in such instances!
From Doctrine of the Will by Mahan, Asa
