"righteous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/, /ˈɹaɪtjəs/ [obsolete], /ˈɹaɪti.əs/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-righteous.ogg Forms: more righteous [comparative], most righteous [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtʃəs Etymology: From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|rightwise}} Middle English rightwise, {{inh|en|ang|rihtwīs||righteous, just}} Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), {{suffix|en|right|wise}} right + -wise, {{compound|en|right|wise|t2=way, manner}} right + wise (“way, manner”), {{cog|sco|richtwis||righteous}} Scots richtwis (“righteous”), {{cog|goh|rehtwīsic||righteous, just}} Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), {{cog|is|réttvíss||righteous, just}} Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} righteous (comparative more righteous, superlative most righteous)
  1. Free from sin or guilt. Translations (free from sin or guilt): δίκαιος (díkaios) (Ancient Greek), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ) (Arabic), праведен (praveden) (Bulgarian), nevinný [masculine] (Czech), ctnostný [masculine] (Czech), onschuldig (Dutch), rechtschapen (Dutch), U2:mAa-a:t-y:Y1 (mꜣꜥtj) (Egyptian), synnitön (Finnish), juste [feminine, masculine] (French), ጻድቅ (ṣadḳ) (Ge'ez), rechtschaffen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (garaihts) (Gothic), צדיק (Hebrew), צדיק [masculine] (Hebrew), צדיקה [feminine] (Hebrew), igaz (Hungarian), derék (Hungarian), jóravaló (Hungarian), becsületes (Hungarian), tisztességes (Hungarian), immacolato (Italian), chytšy (Lower Sorbian), пра́веден (práveden) (Macedonian), tapatahi (Maori), ahlaw (Middle Persian), bêguneh (Northern Kurdish), درستکار (dorostkâr) (Persian), inocente (Portuguese), neprihănit [masculine] (Romanian), neprihănită [feminine] (Romanian), доброде́тельный (dobrodételʹnyj) (Russian), пра́ведный (právednyj) (Russian), inmaculado (Spanish), inocente (Spanish), rättskaffens (Swedish), rättfärdig (Swedish), праведний (pravednyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), доброчесний (dobročesnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony. Translations (moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious): صَالِح (ṣāliḥ) (Arabic), добродетелен (dobrodetelen) (Bulgarian), počestný [masculine] (Czech), deugdzaam (Dutch), oikeamielinen (Finnish), vanhurskas (Finnish), moral (French), juste (French), erényes (Hungarian), erkölcsös (Hungarian), intemerato (Italian), virtuoso (Italian), доброде́телен (dobrodételen) (Macedonian), tapatahi (Maori), heq (Northern Kurdish), rettferdig (Norwegian Bokmål), rettvis (Norwegian Bokmål), digno (Portuguese), благочести́вый (blagočestívyj) (Russian), доброде́тельный (dobrodételʹnyj) (Russian), пра́ведный (právednyj) (Russian), inmaculado (Spanish), santo (Spanish), beato (Spanish), rättfärdig (Swedish), праведний (pravednyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), доброчесний (dobročesnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-righteous-en-adj-TN8JuD1z Disambiguation of 'moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious': 1 94 3 1 1
  3. Justified morally. Translations (justified morally): صَالِح (ṣāliḥ) (Arabic), справедлив (spravedliv) (Bulgarian), spravedlivý (Czech), oikeutettu (Finnish), gerecht (German), gerechtfertigt (German), jogos (Hungarian), érthető (Hungarian), indokolt (Hungarian), giustificato (Italian), legittimo (Italian), спра́ведлив (správedliv) (Macedonian), rettferdig (Norwegian Bokmål), justo (Portuguese), справедли́вый (spravedlívyj) (Russian), опра́вданный (oprávdannyj) (Russian), correcto (Spanish), bienhechor (Spanish), justo (Spanish), rättfärdig (Swedish), справедливий (spravedlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-righteous-en-adj-uQ-MOugB Disambiguation of 'justified morally': 2 3 94 1 1
  4. (slang, US) Awesome; great. Tags: US, slang
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  5. (slang, US) Major; large; significant. Tags: US, slang
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rightuous, rightwise [obsolete] Derived forms: overrighteous, righteous among the nations, righteously, righteousness, self-righteous, unrighteous, uprighteous

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/, /ˈɹaɪtjəs/ [obsolete], /ˈɹaɪti.əs/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-righteous.ogg Forms: righteouses [present, singular, third-person], righteousing [participle, present], righteoused [participle, past], righteoused [past]
Rhymes: -aɪtʃəs Etymology: From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|rightwise}} Middle English rightwise, {{inh|en|ang|rihtwīs||righteous, just}} Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), {{suffix|en|right|wise}} right + -wise, {{compound|en|right|wise|t2=way, manner}} right + wise (“way, manner”), {{cog|sco|richtwis||righteous}} Scots richtwis (“righteous”), {{cog|goh|rehtwīsic||righteous, just}} Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), {{cog|is|réttvíss||righteous, just}} Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} righteous (third-person singular simple present righteouses, present participle righteousing, simple past and past participle righteoused)
  1. To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
    Sense id: en-righteous-en-verb-3ljVIw3y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rightuous, rightwise [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "dorostkâr",
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          "word": "درستکار"
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          "word": "inocente"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "neprihănită"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobrodételʹnyj",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "word": "доброде́тельный"
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      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "word": "пра́ведный"
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      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "word": "chytšy"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "word": "inmaculado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "word": "inocente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "word": "rättskaffens"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "word": "rättfärdig"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pravednyj",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "праведний"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dobročesnyj",
      "sense": "free from sin or guilt",
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      "word": "доброчесний"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣāliḥ",
      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "صَالِح"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dobrodetelen",
      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "добродетелен"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "počestný"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "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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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "moral"
    },
    {
      "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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      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "tapatahi"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "rettferdig"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "rettvis"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "digno"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagočestívyj",
      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "благочести́вый"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "доброде́тельный"
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      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "word": "пра́ведный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
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      "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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      "code": "uk",
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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",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dobročesnyj",
      "sense": "moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ar",
      "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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      "code": "hu",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "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",
      "roman": "správedliv",
      "sense": "justified morally",
      "word": "спра́ведлив"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "justified morally",
      "word": "rettferdig"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "justified morally",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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