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righteousing

righteousing is the present participle and gerund of righteous.

Meaning of righteous

Verb

righteous (third-person singular simple present righteouses, present participle righteousing, simple past and past participle righteoused)

  1. To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
    • Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 101

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Questions about righteousing

What is righteousing the present participle and gerund of?
Righteousing is the present participle and gerund of righteous.

Words near righteousing in the dictionary

  1. righteo
  2. righteous
  3. Righteous Among the Nations
  4. righteoused
  5. righteouses
  6. righteousing
  7. righteously
  8. righteousness
  9. righteousnesse
  10. righteousnesses
  11. righter

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