righteousness

[ UK /ɹˈa‍ɪt‍ʃəsnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈɹaɪtʃəsnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. adhering to moral principles
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How To Use righteousness In A Sentence

  • People in the world of health and medicine sometimes become carried away by the obvious rightness or righteousness of their cause.
  • Christ not only died for the sins of His sheep on the Cross but he established their righteousness through His perfect obedience to God's Law.
  • One can further continue the associations with the contrasts of righteousness and wrongdoing, life and death and the like.
  • Our challenge is to be cautious not to take on a tone of self-righteousness and insensitivity to those whose policies we critique.
  • The righteousness of saints, both imputed and implanted, is the fine linen, clean and white, with which the bride, the Lamb's wife, is arrayed, Rev. xix. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
  • It tries to gain advantages before God and obtain righteousness through a supposedly better life with more divine occupations and more heavenly thoughts.
  • He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday.
  • No respect for the rule of law, utter narcissism, absolutely untrustworthy to anyone close to them who trusts them (the Clinton/Edwards tradition), unlimited ability to pursue public policies leading to disaster if it provides the ability to pander to their ultra-left donors - all wrapped around with endless self righteousness. Spitzer considering Senate run? …No, really? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
  • He's articulate, succinct and speaks with a quiet righteousness.
  • Was Deming infused with a sense of self-righteousness?
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