Righteous
['raɪtʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) morally justified; 'righteous indignation' .
(adj.) characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; 'the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much'- James 5:16 .
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Definition
(a.) Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Pious, holy, virtuous, godly, saintly, religious, honest, good, uncorrupt, upright, just, devout.[2]. Equitable, fair, right.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Upright, just, godly, virtuous, uncorrupt, rightful, equitable, truthful,conscientious
ANT:Unrighteous, perverse, evil, unjust, ungodly, vicious, corrupt, wrongful,false, unconscientious, unprincipled, unjustifiable, abandoned, profligate,dishonorable, unfair
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Definition
adj. living and acting according to right and justice: free from guilt or sin: equitable: merited.—adv. Right′eously in a righteous manner: (arch.) justly.—n. Right′eousness purity of life: rectitude: conformity to a right standard: a righteous act or quality: holiness: the coming into spiritual reconciliation with God by means of the righteousness of Christ being imputed to a man in consequence of faith.—Original righteousness the condition of man before the Fall as made in the image of God.
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Examples
- But all men cannot preach or teach; doctrine is but one of many of the functions of life that are fundamentally righteous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For if the righteous are only unpunished, still they have no further reward, while the wicked may be unpunished and have the pleasure of sinning too. Plato. The Republic.
- For note that Jesus did not set up some external fetich: he did not say, make your neighbor righteous, or chaste, or respectable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What the poets and story-tellers say--that the wicked prosper and the righteous are afflicted, or that justice is another's gain? Plato. The Republic.
- Once his strong hand lay still, England fell away from this premature attempt to realize a righteous commonweal of free men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He deserved it; but it was difficult to shake him in his firm conviction that the work was righteous and needed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Through all the world grows the realization that there can be no securely happy individual life without a righteous general life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How would the gods my righteous toils succeed, And bless the hand that made a stranger bleed? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The feeling of 'righteous indignation' is too partial and accidental to admit of our regarding it as a separate virtue or habit. Plato. The Republic.
- They asked no questions, and they made no self-righteous display of their hospitality. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We'd rather die than give up our little self-righteous self-opinionated self-will. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You may often see the wicked in great prosperity and the righteous afflicted by the will of heaven. Plato. The Republic.
- They wanted a deeply righteous and fearless church to help them and organize them against the wickedness of powerful men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A certain Aristides had gained a great reputation in the law court for his righteous dealing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I don't judge you and say, he is wicked, and I am righteous. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pray glance at some of these churches and their embellishments, and see whether the Government is doing a righteous thing or not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Men sought fresh forms of righteous living outside the monasteries and priesthood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It differs from anger (Greek), this latter term having no accessory notion of righteous indignation. Plato. The Republic.
- Whoever thinks that business corruption is the work of a few inhumanly cunning individuals with monstrous morals is self-righteous without excuse. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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