Thesaurus / righteous
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I do not want to offend another person, nor do I want to offend a righteous and loving God.
VA. HOUSE OF DELEGATES CANDIDATE DEFENDS ANTI-TRANSGENDER COMMENTSMICHAEL K. LAVERSAPRIL 13, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEThe second is social distancing and masking, behaviors now weaponized by the governors of Texas and Mississippi, among others, with the implication that defying public health recommendations represents a righteous statement of freedom.
COVID EXPERTS: WE’RE PUTTING OUT CAMPFIRES BUT THE FOREST FIRE RAGES - FACTS SO ROMANTICROBERT BAZELLMARCH 17, 2021NAUTILUSShe thought about how she could be more compassionate — less “self-righteous” — and stop pushing her brother away.
AFTER CAPITOL RIOTS, DESPERATE FAMILIES TURN TO GROUPS THAT ‘DEPROGRAM’ EXTREMISTSPAULINA VILLEGAS, HANNAH KNOWLESFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTInstead of recasting the Lupin role yet again, creators George Kay and François Uzan dreamed up a righteous present-day outlaw who takes inspiration from the books.
THE 5 BEST NEW SHOWS OUR TV CRITIC WATCHED IN JANUARY 2021JUDY BERMANJANUARY 29, 2021TIMEWolfe fell all over himself applauding Yeager, calling him “the most righteous of all the possessors of the right stuff.”
WHY CHUCK YEAGER CLAIMED HE HAD NO 'RIGHT STUFF'JEFFREY KLUGERDECEMBER 9, 2020TIMEEven so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
HIS LAST WEEKWILLIAM E. BARTONThese are kept as his law, when obeyed, because of his authority as righteous moral Governor of all.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMAll the wrong wrought was his, and yet he sat there, calmly eying me, as though he were a righteous judge and I the culprit.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDThe want of this on the part of the wicked being a curse, the enjoyment of it by the righteous is a privilege.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMSurely the righteous shall give thanks (confess) unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 21, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO RIGHTEOUS
- above suspicion
- angelic
- chaste
- clean
- cleanhanded
- clear
- crimeless
- exemplary
- faultless
- free of
- good
- guilt-free
- guiltless
- honest
- immaculate
- impeccable
- impeccant
- in the clear
- inculpable
- irreproachable
- lawful
- legal
- legitimate
- licit
- not guilty
- pristine
- pure
- righteous
- safe
- sinless
- spotless
- stainless
- unblemished
- uncensurable
- uncorrupt
- unimpeachable
- uninvolved
- unoffending
- unsullied
- untainted
- upright
- virginal
- virtuous
- admirable
- batting a thousand
- blameless
- bueno
- characteristic
- classic
- classical
- commendable
- correct
- estimable
- excellent
- good
- guiltless
- honorable
- illustrative
- inculpable
- innocent
- irreproachable
- laudable
- lily-white
- meritorious
- model
- neato
- not bad
- not too shabby
- paradigmatic
- praiseworthy
- prototypical
- punctilious
- pure
- quintessential
- representative
- righteous
- sterling
- typical
- unblamable
- virtuous
- worthy
- aloof
- blameless
- condign
- conscientious
- decent
- dependable
- dispassionate
- due
- equal
- equitable
- ethical
- evenhanded
- fair-minded
- good
- honest
- honorable
- lawful
- nondiscriminatory
- nonpartisan
- objective
- pure
- reliable
- right
- righteous
- rightful
- rigid
- scrupulous
- strict
- tried
- true
- trustworthy
- unbiased
- uncolored
- upright
- virtuous
- above suspicion
- angelic
- angelical
- chaste
- clean
- cleanhanded
- clear
- crimeless
- exemplary
- faultless
- free of
- good
- guilt-free
- guiltless
- harmless
- honest
- immaculate
- impeccable
- impeccant
- in the clear
- inculpable
- irreproachable
- lawful
- legal
- legitimate
- licit
- not guilty
- pristine
- pure
- pure as the driven snow
- righteous
- safe
- sinless
- spotless
- stainless
- unblamable
- unblemished
- uncensurable
- uncorrupt
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- unimpeachable
- uninvolved
- unoffending
- unstained
- unsullied
- untainted
- upright
- virginal
- virtuous
- aboveboard
- blameless
- chaste
- conscientious
- correct
- courteous
- decent
- decorous
- dutiful
- elevated
- exemplary
- good
- high-minded
- honorable
- immaculate
- incorruptible
- innocent
- just
- kindly
- kosher
- laudable
- meet
- meritorious
- modest
- moralistic
- noble
- praiseworthy
- principled
- proper
- pure
- respectable
- right
- righteous
- saintly
- salt of the earth
- scrupulous
- seemly
- square
- straight
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- truthful
- upright
- upstanding
- virtuous
- worthy
- according to Hoyle
- actual
- amen
- appropriate
- cooking with gas
- dead on
- equitable
- factual
- faithful
- faultless
- flawless
- for sure
- free of error
- impeccable
- just
- legitimate
- nice
- okay
- on target
- on the ball
- on the beam
- on the button
- on the money
- on the nose
- on track
- perfect
- precise
- proper
- regular
- right
- right as rain
- right on
- right stuff
- righteous
- rigorous
- stone
- strict
- true
- undistorted
- unmistaken
- veracious
- veridical
- aboveboard
- blameless
- chaste
- conscientious
- correct
- courteous
- decent
- decorous
- dutiful
- elevated
- exemplary
- good
- high-minded
- honorable
- immaculate
- incorruptible
- innocent
- just
- kindly
- kosher
- laudable
- meet
- meritorious
- modest
- moralistic
- noble
- praiseworthy
- principled
- proper
- pure
- respectable
- right
- righteous
- saintly
- salt of the earth
- scrupulous
- seemly
- square
- straight
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- truthful
- upright
- upstanding
- virtuous
- worthy
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