English-Thai Dictionary

rectitude

N ความ เที่ยงธรรม  ความถูกต้อง  ความยุติธรรม  probity uprightness kwam-ting-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECTITUDE

n.[L. rectus, right, straight. ] In morality, rightness of principle or practice; uprightness of mind; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws. Rectitude of mind is the disposition to act in conformity to any known standard of right, truth or justice; rectitude of conduct is the actual conformity to such standard. Perfect rectitude belongs only to the Supreme Being. The more nearly the rectitude of men approaches to the standard of the divine law, the more exalted and dignified is their character. Want of rectitude is not only sinful, but debasing.
There is a sublimity in conscious rectitude - in comparison with which the treasures of earth are not worth naming.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECTITUDE

Rec "ti *tude (rk "t *td ), n. Etym: [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right. ]

 

1. Straightness. [R.] Johnson.

 

2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

 

3. Right judgment. [R.] Sir G. C. Lewis.

 

Syn. -- See Justice.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rectitude

rec ti tude |ˈrektəˌt (y )o͞od ˈrɛktəˌt (j )ud | ▶noun formal morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness: Maddie is a model of rectitude. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting straightness ): from Old French, from late Latin rectitudo, from Latin rectus ‘right, straight. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

rectitude

rec ¦ti |tude |ˈrɛktɪtjuːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] formal morally correct behaviour or thinking; righteousness: Mattie is a model of rectitude. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting straightness ): from Old French, from late Latin rectitudo, from Latin rectus ‘right, straight ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rectitude

rectitude noun not all of his colleagues share his personal frugality and public rectitude: righteousness, goodness, virtue, morality, honor, honorableness, integrity, principle, probity, honesty, trustworthiness, uprightness, decency, good character.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rectitude

rectitude noun local worthies rarely challenged the rectitude of the chief constable: righteousness, goodness, virtue, moral virtue, morality, honour, honourableness, integrity, principle, probity, honesty, right-mindedness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, upstandingness, good character, scrupulousness, decency, fairness, equity, justice; principles, ethics. ANTONYMS infamy, dishonesty.

 

French Dictionary

rectitude

rectitude n. f. nom féminin 1 Qualité de ce qui est droit, exact. SYNONYME exactitude ; rigueur . 2 Conformité à la raison. : La rectitude de jugement. LOCUTION Rectitude politique. Façon de penser et de s ’exprimer qui convient, conforme au bon ton, qui ne choque pas dans un milieu donné. SYNONYME politiquement correct .

 

Spanish Dictionary

rectitud

rectitud nombre femenino 1 Cualidad de la persona o cosa que es recta y justa en el sentido moral :debes obrar con la mayor rectitud posible en este asunto; nunca ha dudado de la rectitud de sus intenciones .2 Cualidad de lo que es recto en su forma :es capaz de trazar a mano líneas de una rectitud casi exacta; qué rara serenidad había en aquella criatura, y su voz era como sus pasos, con la pura rectitud de una flecha o una espiga .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rectitude

rec ti tude /réktɪt j ùːd /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠1 誠実さ, 正直さ, 実直さ, 清廉さ .2 正確さ .