SuaviloquyToday’s word

rightness

Rightness, n.

Etymology: [AS. richtnes.]

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Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. Bacon.

2. The quality or state of being right; right relation. The craving for rightness with God. J. C. Shairp.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for rightness; he lists it under virtue.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.