rectitude

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It is all done out of sheer rectitude--out of a rectitude which is magnified to the point of the younger son believing that he has been RIGHTLY sold, and that it is simply idyllic for the victim to rejoice when he is made over into pledge.

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  1. noun Moral uprightness; righteousness.
  2. noun The quality or condition of being correct in judgment.
  3. noun The quality of being straight.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rēctitūdō, from Latin rēctus, straight; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French rectitude, rettitude, French rectitude =Provencal rectctut =Catalan rectitut =Spanish rectitud =Portuguese rectitude =Italian rettitudine, from Latin rectitudo (-in-), straightness, uprightness, from rectus, straight, =English right: see right.
 

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/ˈrɛktɪtjud/
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