n. 1. Moral uprightness; righteousness. 2. The quality or condition of being correct in judgment. 3. The quality of being straight. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rēctitūdō, from Latin rēctus, straight; see reg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] rec′ti·tudi·nous adj. |
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