Advertisement

rectitude (n.)

early 15c., "quality of being straight," from Middle French rectitude (14c.), from Late Latin rectitudinem (nominative rectitudo) "straightness, uprightness," from Latin rectus "straight" (from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line"). Sense of "upright in conduct or character" is from 1530s.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of rectitude from WordNet

rectitude (n.)
righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest;
Synonyms: uprightness
From wordnet.princeton.edu