"rightship" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From right + -ship. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|right|-ship}} right + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rightship (uncountable)
  1. (rare, dialectal or nonstandard) The quality of being right, just, or reasonable; justice, truth; dependence, trustworthiness; reasonableness. Tags: dialectal, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rightship-en-noun-ZSq7GguS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship

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          "ref": "1899, Walter Raymond, Two men O' Mendip",
          "text": "There's no rightship in so much fighting over nothing but what's fair.",
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          "ref": "1899, Jerome Klapka Jerome, Robert Barr, The Idler Magazine, volume 15, page 53",
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