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Definition of Rectitude |
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Rectitude
Straightness. 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. Right judgment. Related Definitions: By, Conduct, Conformity, Divine, Either, Exact, For, Honesty, Human, Integrity, Judgment, Justice, Mind, Moral, Of, Or, Practice, Prescribed, Principle, Right, Rightness, Straightness, The, To, Truth, Uprightness |
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Rectitude Quotations
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. Saint Thomas Aquinas Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice. Origen The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised. Herbert Read I love the idea of rectitude. Rob Morrow |
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Rectitude Translations
rectitude in French is rectitude rectitude in German is Geradheit rectitude in Spanish is rectitud |
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