righteous

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹaɪtʃəs/

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Adjective

righteous

1. Free from sin or guilt.
2. Moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious.

   Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.

3. Justified morally.

   righteous indignation

4. (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.

Translations

• German: rechtschaffend
• Portuguese: inocente
• Russian: добродетельый
• Spanish: inmaculado, inocente

Translations

• French: moral, juste
• Portuguese: digno
• Russian: благочести́вый
• Spanish: inmaculado, santo, beato

Translations

• German: gerecht
• Portuguese: justo
• Russian: справедли́вый
• Spanish: correcto, bienhechor, justo

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Verb

righteous (righteouses, present participle righteousing; past and past participle righteoused)

1. To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 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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