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1. (adj.) righteous
characterized by uprightness or morality.
2. righteous
morally right or justifiable:
righteous indignation.
3. righteous
acting in an upright, moral way; virtuous:
a righteous person.
4. righteous
Slang. genuinely good.
Etymology: (bef. 900; earlier rightwos (remodeled with -ous ), ME; OE rihtwīs. See right , wise2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) righteous
characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
"the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16
2. (adj) righteous
morally justified
"righteous indignation"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) righteous
doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution
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Sense: (of anger etc) justifiable
righteous indignation.
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 Afrikaans: regverdig |
 Arabic: مُبَرَّر |
 Bulgarian: основателен |
 Brazilian: justo |
 Czech: oprávněný |
 German: gerecht |
 Danish: retfærdig |
 Greek: δικαιολογημένος |
 Spanish: justificado |
 Estonian: õigustatud |
 Farsi: آکنده از خشم |
 Finnish: perusteltu |
 French: justifié |
 Hebrew: מוּצדָק |
 Hindi: सच्चा, धार्मिक |
 Croatian: pravedan, pravičan |
 Hungarian: jogos |
 Indonesian: bisa dibenarkan |
 Icelandic: réttmætur |
 Italian: giusto |
 Japanese: 正義の |
 Korean: 정당한 |
 Lithuanian: teisėtas |
 Latvian: taisnīgs |
 Malay: munasabah |
 Dutch: gerechtvaardigd |
 Norwegian: rettferdig |
 Polish: słuszny |
 Persian: آکنده از خشم |
 Pashto: اخلاقی |
 Portuguese: justo |
 Romanian: îndreptăţit |
 Russian: справедливый |
 Slovak: oprávnený |
 Slovenian: upravičen; pravičniški |
 Serbian: opravdan |
 Swedish: rättmätig |
 Thai: ยุติธรรม |
 Turkish: haklı |
 Taiwanese: 合理的，可以理解的 |
 Ukrainian: справедливий |
 Urdu: منصف |
 Vietnamese: công bằng |
 Chinese: 合法的正义的，义愤的 |
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