rectitude.

Strong adherence to principles of honest and morally upright conduct.

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Words that belong together

• moral rectitude
• a reputation for rectitude

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Her reputation for rectitude made the unexplained payment difficult to dismiss.

He valued rectitude but sometimes confused it with never admitting uncertainty.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.