RIGHTEOUS


Meaning of RIGHTEOUS in English

adj. (of a person or conduct) morally right; virtuous, law-abiding. righteously adv. righteousness n.

[ OE rihtwis (as RIGHT n. + -WISE or RIGHT adj. + WISE(2)), assim. to bounteous etc. ]

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