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righteousness

[rahy-chuhs-nis] / ˈraɪ tʃəs nɪs /




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For me, empathy and that elusive righteousness is about restoring lost dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among them, as with the Jews, generosity was not charity but, if I may, righteousness.

From The Wall Street Journal

The service heard how she had lived with beauty, goodness and righteousness.

From BBC

A theater can scarcely contain the love the audience develops for her, such is her determination and the righteousness of her quest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even after Blanc arrives, he’s confounded to find himself occasionally standing on the sidelines, a bystander in Jud’s moral crusade to herd his congregation toward righteousness.

From Los Angeles Times