Associations to the word «Uprightness»

Wiktionary

UPRIGHTNESS, noun. (uncountable) The state of being moral, honest and honourable.
UPRIGHTNESS, noun. (uncountable) The state of being erect, or vertical.
UPRIGHTNESS, noun. (countable) The result or product of being upright.

Dictionary definition

UPRIGHTNESS, noun. The property of being upright in posture.
UPRIGHTNESS, noun. Position at right angles to the horizon.
UPRIGHTNESS, 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.
Alexander Pope