Synonyms for rectitude
Most common
uprightness integrity morality probity straightness rectilinearity
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Uprightness — conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue
uprightness, integrity, morality, probity, righteousness, virtue, propriety, honor US, honour UK, decency, justice, fairness, principle, goodness, godliness, right, saintliness, virtuousness, saintlikeness, angelicalness, rightfulness, purity, seemliness
2. Straightness — straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.
- n. 2
Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue.
Forms
- Plural
- rectitudes → uprightnesses, integrities, moralities, probities…
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Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- integrity He'd never accept a bribe; he's a man of integrity.
- morality She felt shameful because of her sense of morality.
- probity Are you questioning Tom's probity?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rectitude | steady | |
| integrity | rising | |
| morality | rising | |
| probity | rising | |
| uprightness | rising | |
| conscientiousness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- right1, honor2
- 6 letters
- honour2, virtue2, purity3
- 7 letters
- justice2, decency3, probity3
- 8 letters
- goodness2, morality4, fairness2
- 9 letters
- principle3, integrity4, propriety4, godliness
- 10 letters
- seemliness
- 11 letters
- uprightness, saintliness
- 12 letters
- straightness, virtuousness, rightfulness
- 13 letters
- righteousness3, saintlikeness, angelicalness
- 14 letters
- rectilinearity
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor2 = 2 syllables).