righteousness
part of speech
noun (righteousness; uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Being morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right. tree →
2) (church, Bible) Being right with God; Christians believe that people are made righteous by God's grace through faith. tree →
3) (sometimes) Being too sure you are better than others (see «self-righteousness»). tree →
sense in the lessons
In Bible and church lessons it is a key word: «Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness» (Matthew 5). In ethics lessons it means acting with justice and fairness. In stories a hero fights for righteousness. Phrases: «paths of righteousness», «self-righteousness».
examples
- The psalm says, «He guides me in paths of righteousness.» tree →
- The judge was known for her righteousness and fairness. tree →
- Christians believe righteousness comes as a gift from God. tree →
- Martin Luther King spoke of justice and righteousness flowing like a river. tree →
- The knight fought for truth and righteousness. tree →
- His self-righteousness annoyed everyone. tree →
- And after his father died he ascended the throne, and ruled the kingdom with righteousness and equity. tree →
note
Uncountable. Adjective: «righteous». Spelling trap: righ-teous-ness (the «t» sounds like «ch»: «RYE-chus-ness»). «Self-righteous» is negative: acting as if you are morally better than others.
In the corpora
- And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
- And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.
- The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
- Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.
- She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «righteousness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.