RIGHTEOUSNESS Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

righteousness

noun

as in morality

conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong the laws do not always dictate righteousness, for what is legal is not always moral

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as in integrity

faithfulness to high moral standards a life lived with righteousness guarantees that you will always respect yourself

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Recent Examples of righteousness Fisher will portray the recurring role of Michael Jorie, a dangerous killer with a warped sense of righteousness and piety to his beliefs that fuel his involvement in a southwestern gang with a long history of violence. —

Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026 If God is real, then perhaps other things—goodness, righteousness, beauty—that are usually dismissed as matters of subjective experience might also be objectively real. —

Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 Traditionally, Oscars hosts have been at their best when puncturing the pretensions of the stars in attendance, but for the most part, host Conan O’Brien bought into their sense of their own righteousness. —

Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 If the owner of the store is the embodiment of the system, having mostly killed his emotions, then at the opposite end is Ogawa, who lives by morality and her own sense of righteousness. —

Blake Simons, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026 This needs to change, both for practical reasons and the mental health of the millions for whom recycling is a matter of righteousness. —

Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026 The Torah frames giving not only as a charitable act, but as righteousness. —

Meg Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026 Outlaw country to the core, the Illinois native espouses an uncompromising independence and social-justice righteousness missing from the Nashville mainstream — and feigned for appearance’s sake in related circles. —

Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026 There’s a fine line between righteousness and self-satisfaction, and the second season, which premieres on HBO Max on January 8, frequently stumbles into the latter territory. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026

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Policies were justified not with reference to morality or metaphysics but with citations of white papers.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
In the winter of 2022, crowds around the globe protested after the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, taken into custody by Iran's morality police for how she was dressed.

— Laurie Perez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026