moral rectitude
Example Sentences
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Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2023
But before she got to that bit of moral rectitude, she offered a few rhetorical flourishes to drive home the positively sickening greed at the heart of the alleged crimes.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2022
Tutu, a Nobel Peace prize winner widely revered across racial and cultural divides in South Africa for his moral rectitude and principled fight against white-minority rule, died on Sunday aged 90.
From Reuters • Dec. 30, 2021
Dr. Coburn sought to establish himself in Washington as a voice of moral rectitude.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2020
Billy Blythe made himself much respected for the moral rectitude and true worth of his character.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
