rightness

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rightness

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From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).

noun rightnesses

uncountable, usually The characteristic of being right; correctness.
Opposite: error, wrongness
countable, usually The result or product of being right; something correct.
uncountable, usually The property of being on, or moving toward, the right. I think we are inclined to think the leftness and rightness can be represented because there is a word in our language that means left, and another that means right, and we understand those words.
Opposite: leftness

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@misc{rightness_2026,
  title = {rightness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rightness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}