righteous
Etymology
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Etymology
From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs, corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise.
Pronunciation Adjectiverighteous
- Free from sin or guilt.
- Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
- Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.
- Justified morally.
- righteous indignation
- (slang, US) Awesome; great.
- 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story, page 191:
- He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
- (slang, US) Major; large; significant.
- 2021, G. S. Jennsen, Amaranthe V: Riven:
- He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore.
- French: juste
- German: rechtschaffen
- Italian: immacolato
- Portuguese: inocente
- Russian: добродетельый
- Spanish: inmaculado, inocente
- French: moral, juste
- Italian: intemerato, virtuoso
- Portuguese: digno
- Russian: благочести́вый
- Spanish: inmaculado, santo, beato
- German: gerecht, gerechtfertigt
- Italian: giustificato, legittimo
- Portuguese: justo
- Russian: справедли́вый
- Spanish: correcto, bienhechor, justo
righteous (righteouses, present participle righteousing; simple past and past participle righteoused)
- To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 101:
- Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.
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