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Synonyms for rectitude

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rek-ti-tood, -tyood
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

Définition of rectitude

Origin :
  • early 15c., "quality of being straight," from Middle French rectitude (14c.), from Late Latin rectitudinem (nominative rectitudo) "straightness, uprightness," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)). Sense of "upright in conduct or character" is from 1530s.
  • noun uprightness
Example sentences :
  • We cannot help remarking the danger of the least deviation from the path of rectitude.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Doubtless he spoke like this in order that his rectitude might not be called in question.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • He feels that truth is the “summit of being,” and the soul of rectitude in human affairs.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Through them all she was sustained by the consciousness of her rectitude.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Rectitude, courage and unflinching truth were Holcroft's ideal.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • But honor and rectitude, clear-sightedness and trustfulness in life were fast returning.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • It is never too late to recognize what is right and to proceed with rectitude.
  • Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root
  • Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • But still he remained incomprehensible in his simplicity, fearlessness, and rectitude.
  • Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
  • Was it not tampering with rectitude to have overcome them by a too persuasive rhetoric?
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

Antonyms for rectitude

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