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as in morality
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong
encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity
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as in integrity
faithfulness to high moral standards
has a finely honed sense of rectitude that keeps him from cheating on exams
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Doing more damage in the name of fiscal rectitude will derail Labour’s positive agenda and, with it, possibly the party itself.
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Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2024
Ryan and Ellis focus is not so much on rectitude or certainty but on the character’s fight against her own exhaustion.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024
In a longshot bid to shape the views of Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg, known for his moral rectitude, Trujillo sponsored William A. Morgan, a respected physician well known among Washington politicos who tried arranging Caribbean sojourns for Vandenberg’s family members.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 28 May 2024
With Reliance Industries’ hugely deep pockets, Jio has already been able to profit from one aspect of Hollywood’s ongoing consolidation and the Wall Street imposed drive for financial rectitude.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
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Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2024
Ryan and Ellis focus is not so much on rectitude or certainty but on the character’s fight against her own exhaustion.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024
In a longshot bid to shape the views of Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg, known for his moral rectitude, Trujillo sponsored William A. Morgan, a respected physician well known among Washington politicos who tried arranging Caribbean sojourns for Vandenberg’s family members.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 28 May 2024
With Reliance Industries’ hugely deep pockets, Jio has already been able to profit from one aspect of Hollywood’s ongoing consolidation and the Wall Street imposed drive for financial rectitude.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Rectitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectitude. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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