Associations to the word «Righteous»

Wiktionary

RIGHTEOUS, adjective. Free from sin or guilt.
RIGHTEOUS, adjective. Moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious.
RIGHTEOUS, adjective. Justified morally.
RIGHTEOUS, adjective. (slang) (US) Awesome.
RIGHTEOUS, verb. To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS, noun. (State of Israel) Those non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.

Dictionary definition

RIGHTEOUS, adjective. Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16.
RIGHTEOUS, adjective. Morally justified; "righteous indignation".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke