righteousness
Example Sentences
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Catholics have criteria that they invoke to evaluate righteousness of wars, which date to the fifth century teachings of St. Augustine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The service heard how she had lived with beauty, goodness and righteousness.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
Instead, he seems as if he’s trying to lacquer on a veneer of righteousness to some very nasty business.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
Despite what his parents wanted for him, Superman chose a path of righteousness, and it’s never too late to make that choice.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025
They both sat nodding in agreement, faces full of grim righteousness, uttering dire home truths and generally working themselves up into a fine old state of indignation.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing righteousness
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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