Associations to the word «Rightness»

Wiktionary

RIGHTNESS, noun. (uncountable) The characteristic of being right; correctness.
RIGHTNESS, noun. (countable) The result or product of being right; something correct.
RIGHTNESS, noun. The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.

Dictionary definition

RIGHTNESS, noun. According with conscience or morality.
RIGHTNESS, noun. Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing.
RIGHTNESS, noun. Conformity to fact or truth.
RIGHTNESS, noun. Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats