Associations to the word «Rectitude»
Noun
Wiktionary
RECTITUDE, noun. Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. [from 15th c.]
RECTITUDE, noun. (now rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]
RECTITUDE, noun. Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue. [from 16th c.]
Dictionary definition
RECTITUDE, noun. Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.