"righteousness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəsnəs/ Audio: En-us-righteousness.ogg [US] Forms: righteousnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English rightwisnes, from Old English rihtwīsnes (“justice”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|rightwisnes}} Middle English rightwisnes, {{inh|en|ang|rihtwīsnes|t=justice}} Old English rihtwīsnes (“justice”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} righteousness (countable and uncountable, plural righteousnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous. Tags: uncountable Translations (quality or state of being righteous): δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 公義 (Chinese Mandarin), 公义 (gōngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), justeco (Esperanto), vanhurskaus (Finnish), justice [feminine] (French), Rechtschaffenheit [feminine] (German), Gerechtigkeit [feminine] (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (garaihtei) [feminine] (Gothic), צדק (Hebrew), tisztesség (Hungarian), ionracas [masculine] (Irish), cirte [feminine] (Irish), fíréantacht [feminine] (Irish), rettitudine (Italian), әділдік (ädıldık) (Kazakh), әділеттілік (ädılettılık) (Kazakh), ࡆࡉࡃࡒࡀ (zidqa) (Mandaic), uâdilifu [class-11] (Ngazidja Comorian), rettferdighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), prawość [feminine] (Polish), retidão (Portuguese), moralidade [feminine] (Portuguese), справедли́вость (spravedlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), пра̀ведно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pràvednōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rectitud [feminine] (Spanish), moralidad [feminine] (Spanish), rättfärdighet [common-gender] (Swedish), pelaikne (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-righteousness-en-noun-n7yuFFAx Disambiguation of 'quality or state of being righteous': 57 3 20 3 17
  2. (uncountable, theology) Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Theology Synonyms: rectitude, uprightness, holiness, godliness, equity, justice, rightfulness, integrity, honesty, faithfulness
    Sense id: en-righteousness-en-noun-B0L1HIFS Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
  3. (countable, now rare) A righteous act or quality. Tags: archaic, countable
    Sense id: en-righteousness-en-noun-U0Jyv6Vv
  4. The behaviour of someone who is righteous. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-righteousness-en-noun-qNsJTe1h
  5. (theology) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theology Translations (theology: state of being right with God): vanhurskaus (Finnish), fíréantacht [feminine] (Irish), prawość [feminine] (Polish), czystość [feminine] (Polish), świętość [feminine] (Polish), łaska [feminine] (Polish), пра́ведность (právednostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), доброде́тельность (dobrodételʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), gracia [feminine] (Spanish), santidad [feminine] (Spanish), beatitud [feminine] (Spanish), pureza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-righteousness-en-noun-TdhqsPSw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 15 3 5 63 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology Disambiguation of 'theology: state of being right with God': 8 5 0 2 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: righteousnesse [obsolete] Derived forms: original righteousness, overrighteousness, self-righteousness, unrighteousness, uprighteousness, works righteousness Translations (righteous act, or righteous quality): vanhurskas teko (english: act) (Finnish), vanhurskaus (english: quality) (Finnish), moralidade [feminine] (Portuguese), buena obra [feminine] (Spanish), rectitud [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'righteous act, or righteous quality': 48 3 41 5 2

Inflected forms

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
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    {
      "word": "original righteousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "overrighteousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-righteousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "unrighteousness"
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      "word": "uprighteousness"
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      "word": "works righteousness"
    }
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      },
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    }
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        "The quality or state of being righteous."
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        "(uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous."
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          "ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
          "text": "By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.",
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        "Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law."
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        }
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      ],
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        "A righteous act or quality."
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        "(countable, now rare) A righteous act or quality."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "The behaviour of someone who is righteous."
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      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1594-7, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, A Discourse, Section 21",
          "text": "There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian virtues."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1646-7, Westminster Shorter Catechism, Q.33",
          "text": "Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone."
        }
      ],
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        "The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification."
      ],
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        [
          "right",
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          "justification"
        ],
        [
          "Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary",
          "w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909"
        ],
        [
          "G. & C. Merriam",
          "w:Merriam-Webster"
        ]
      ],
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        "(theology) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəsnəs/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "righteousnesse"
    }
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "公義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngyì",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "公义"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "justeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "vanhurskaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "justice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rechtschaffenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gerechtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "garaihtei",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dikaiosúnē",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δικαιοσύνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "צדק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "tisztesség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ionracas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cirte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fíréantacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "rettitudine"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ädıldık",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "әділдік"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ädılettılık",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "әділеттілік"
    },
    {
      "code": "mid",
      "lang": "Mandaic",
      "roman": "zidqa",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "ࡆࡉࡃࡒࡀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "class-11"
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      "word": "uâdilifu"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rettferdighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prawość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "retidão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moralidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spravedlívostʹ",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "справедли́вость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пра̀ведно̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pràvednōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rectitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moralidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rättfärdighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "quality or state of being righteous",
      "word": "pelaikne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "act",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "righteous act, or righteous quality",
      "word": "vanhurskas teko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "quality",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "righteous act, or righteous quality",
      "word": "vanhurskaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "righteous act, or righteous quality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moralidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "righteous act, or righteous quality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buena obra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "righteous act, or righteous quality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rectitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "word": "vanhurskaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fíréantacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prawość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czystość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "świętość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "łaska"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "právednostʹ",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пра́ведность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobrodételʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доброде́тельность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "santidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beatitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theology: state of being right with God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pureza"
    }
  ],
  "word": "righteousness"
}

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