rectitude

rec·ti·tude

noun \ˈrek-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\

Definition of RECTITUDE

1

: the quality or state of being straight

2

: moral integrity : righteousness

3

: the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure

Examples of RECTITUDE

1. <encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity>
2. <has a finely honed sense of rectitude that keeps him from cheating on exams>

Origin of RECTITUDE

Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin rectitudo, from Latin rectus straight, right

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to RECTITUDE

Synonyms: character, decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, probity, morality, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

Antonyms: badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness

Related Words: high-mindedness, honor, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness; appropriateness, correctness, decorousness, decorum, etiquette, fitness, propriety, seemliness; ethics, morals

Near Antonyms: impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion; debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, sinfulness; crookedness, dishonesty, underhandedness, unscrupulousness; lowness, meanness, viciousness, vileness; corruption

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Rhymes with RECTITUDE

altitude, amplitude, aptitude, attitude, certitude, comfort food, consuetude, crassitude, desuetude, finger food, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, interlude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, mansuetude, multitude, negritude, platitude, plenitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, seminude, servitude, solitude, turpitude, vastitude