Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Righteousness.
  • noun The character or state of being rightful; justice; accordance with the rules of right: as, the rightfulness of a claim to lands or tenements.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.
  • noun obsolete Moral rectitude; righteousness.

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  • noun The state or quality of being rightful.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun anything in accord with principles of justice

Etymologies

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rightful +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • It's the economic system based on property ownership that's the problem and that's because the "rightfulness" of ownership can only be maintained by violence and propaganda. by

    Slay That Green Dragon 2008

  • A clause by which Cecil thought he had secured "the kernel" for England, and left the shell to France, a clause recognising the "rightfulness" of Elizabeth's alliance with the rebels, afforded Mary Stuart ground, or excuse, for never ratifying the treaty.

    John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878

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  • I hope there will be rightfulness in our next elections, I hope that Iraq finds and elects the honest person who cares about his people and his country first.

    Iraq: BlogIraq is Dead 2008

  • Oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mati (ph) and grant him good health and victory, and make his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.

    CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2008 2008

  • Since Paul considers the U.S. Constitution entirely analogous to such an Agency Agreement, with the people of the United States as the relevant principals, it seems clear that he could quite coherently deny the rightfulness of any war that did not involve BOTH (1) jus ad bellum/jus in bello AND (2) a formal declaration of war pursuant to the Constitution.

    A Higher Law than the Constitution 2007

  • MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, IRANIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): In the name of God, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.

    CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2007 2007

  • AHMADINEJAD (through translator): Oh god, hasten the arrival of Imam Al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory, and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.

    CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2007 2007

  • William the Bastard failed not to render his cause legitimate and sacred, by obtaining in confirmation of the rightfulness of his claim, a decree of Pope Alexander II. issued without the opposite party having obtained a hearing, and simply in virtue of the words,

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • When the League of Nations entrusted Britain with the Mandate for Palestine in 1922, it expressly recognized "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine" and the rightfulness of "reconstituting their national home in that country."

    Double standards or double think? (part 2) Not a sheep 2007

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