Synonyms for righteousness
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Noun
1. Holiness — holiness; conformity of life to the divine law
holiness, justice, uprightness, godliness, rectitude, faithfulness, integrity, probity, morality, goodness, virtue, honor US, honour UK, purity, good, sanctity, equity, decency, propriety, saintliness, virtuousness, rightfulness, saintlikeness
Definitions
- n. 1
Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law.
Related words
- Phrases
- works righteousness
Forms
- Plural
- righteousnesses → holinesses, justices, uprightnesses, godlinesses…
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Righteousness is right incarnated in action.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- justice Martin Luther King spent his life seeking justice.
- godliness Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| righteousness | rising | |
| justice | rising | |
| holiness | rising | |
| godliness | rising | |
| uprightness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1
- 5 letters
- honor2
- 6 letters
- honour2, equity3, virtue2, purity3
- 7 letters
- justice2, decency3, probity3
- 8 letters
- goodness2, morality4, holiness3, sanctity3
- 9 letters
- integrity4, propriety4, godliness, rectitude3
- 11 letters
- uprightness, saintliness
- 12 letters
- faithfulness3, virtuousness, rightfulness
- 13 letters
- saintlikeness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor2 = 2 syllables).