rightfulness

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It has to do with determination and the rightfulness and truthfulness of ideas.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011

There is no security for the permanence of public effort, save in the clear conviction of its intrinsic rightfulness and conduciveness to the public good.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

This is inconsistent with the eternal principles of justice and rightfulness.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.

To be scrupulous is to be solicitous as to the rightfulness of a thing proposed to be done.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

But lawyers could still distinguish, and the hyperloyal could still maintain the essential rightfulness of the verdict.

From The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by DeWitt, David Miller