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"word": "درستکار"
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"text": "Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.",
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"sense": "free from sin or guilt",
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"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "deugdzaam"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "oikeamielinen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "vanhurskas"
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"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "juste"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "erényes"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "erkölcsös"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "intemerato"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "virtuoso"
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "heq"
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"roman": "dobrodételen",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "доброде́телен"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "tapatahi"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "rettferdig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "rettvis"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "digno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagočestívyj",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "благочести́вый"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobrodételʹnyj",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "доброде́тельный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "právednyj",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "пра́ведный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "inmaculado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "santo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "beato"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
"word": "rättfärdig"
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"roman": "pravednyj",
"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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"word": "праведний"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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"word": "доброчесний"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣāliḥ",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "صَالِح"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spravedliv",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "справедлив"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "spravedlivý"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "oikeutettu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "gerecht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "gerechtfertigt"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "jogos"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "érthető"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "indokolt"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "giustificato"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "legittimo"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "justified morally",
"word": "спра́ведлив"
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