rectitude
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Jack Morgan’s reputation for stolid rectitude was permanently undermined — “Until last Tuesday,” wrote a New York Times columnist, “Mr. Morgan was a legend.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Roman Republic made much of austerity and rectitude; the empire it gave birth to could claim neither.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Shah noted "if he has an ounce of moral rectitude he should return the money".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Franklin was less concerned with unfailing rectitude than Washington, yet he also lived by a code of public service and personal honor that made him one of the most celebrated men of his times.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
Mr. Cunningham, a man of uncompromising rectitude, had given her a pint free of charge for having guessed his name yesterday, one of the tiny things she adored about Maycomb: people remembered their promises.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Vocabulary lists containing rectitude
The Declaration of Independence
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Things They Carried
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