Category:Rectitude

Rec"ti*tude (rk"t*td), n. Etym: [l. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, Straight: cf. F. rectitude. See right.]

1. Straightness. [r.] Johnson.

2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or To the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human Laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

3. Right judgment. [r.] Sir g. C. Lewis.

Syn. -- see justice.