adjective (formal)
1 morally right and good:
a righteous God
2 that you think is acceptable or fair from a moral point of view:
righteous anger / indignation / rage
seealsoSELF-RIGHTEOUS
righteously adverb
righteousness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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