rightness
rightness noun: the characteristic of being right; correctness.
Noun
rightness (usually uncountable, plural rightnesses)
- The characteristic of being right; correctness.
- The result or product of being right; something correct.
- The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.
- I think we are inclined to think the leftness and rightness can be represented because there is a word in our language that means left, and another that means right, and we understand those words.1996, Robert Cummins, Representations, Targets, and Attitudes, page 105
- Antonyms:
- leftness
rightness meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
rightness in Tamil
- சரி, நேர்
rightness in Malayalam
- rightness; correctness
- സാധുത sādhuta
Antonyms of rightness
Forms of rightness
| plural | rightnesses |
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Origin of rightness
From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).
Questions about rightness
- What does rightness mean?
- Rightness means the characteristic of being right; correctness.
- What is rightness in Tamil?
- Rightness in Tamil is சரி, நேர். See Rightness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rightness?
- Rightness is a noun.
- What is the plural of rightness?
- The plural of rightness is rightnesses.
Words near rightness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rightness (page history and authors); rightness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); സാധുത (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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