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# righteousness

«righteousness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (righteousness; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#m1)

2) (church, Bible) Being right with God; Christians believe that people are made righteous by God's grace through faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#m2)

3) (sometimes) Being too sure you are better than others (see «self-righteousness»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#x1)
- The judge was known for her righteousness and fairness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#x2)
- Christians believe righteousness comes as a gift from God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#x3)
- Martin Luther King spoke of justice and righteousness flowing like a river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#x4)
- The knight fought for truth and righteousness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#x5)
- His self-righteousness annoyed everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#x6)
- And after his father died he ascended the throne, and ruled the kingdom with righteousness and equity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.382/)
- [And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.225/)
- [The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.680/)
- [Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.684/)
- [She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «righteousness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/righteousness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.