rightfulness

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It has to do with determination and the rightfulness and truthfulness of ideas.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011

She wasn't at all sure of the rightfulness of her position.

From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

No man's sentiments on the rightfulness of religious persecution will be affected by the theories we have described, and they have no bearing whatever on doctrinal controversy.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

There is no security for the permanence of public effort, save in the clear conviction of its intrinsic rightfulness and conduciveness to the public good.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

But lawyers could still distinguish, and the hyperloyal could still maintain the essential rightfulness of the verdict.

From The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by DeWitt, David Miller