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

In the words of an American newspaper, 'the chances of convincing them of the rightfulness of Canada's claim are about the same as the prospect of a thaw in Hades.'

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

He demanded, only, that Jason should show his rightfulness to be deemed a king's son by some act of heroic bravery.

From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

Reasons for interest.—The propriety of interest under any circumstances has often been questioned, and its rightfulness is still bitterly disputed.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson

Both the late master and the late slave should begin on the new order of things with a sense of its permanence on the one hand and its rightfulness on the other.

From The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by Lowell, James Russell