righteous

[right·eous]

Do you consider yourself a moral person, who tries to do good and be good? If the answer is yes, you are righteous in the right.

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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.

Adjective S.
morally justified; "righteous indignation"

Adjective
characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16


a.
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.


Righteous

Right"eous , a. [OE. rightways, rightwise, AS.rightw'c6s; riht right + w'c6s wise, having wisdom, prudent. See Right, a., Wise, a.] 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.
Fearless in his righteous cause.
Syn. -- Upright; just; godly; holy; uncorrupt; virtuous; honest; equitable; rightful.

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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Usage Examples

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewers. There are a lot of different emotions to tap into. The emotion of the reward of discovery, the feeling of righteous anger, the feelings of pathos and sadness, or sentimentality of being moved by something.

No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life.

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy words.

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Other Usage Examples

My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and sweating, somehow believing it means anything).

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