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uprightness

noun as in dignity

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That view treats Middle America as a catchall for sensibility, moral uprightness and a mythical strain of virtue incorrectly believed to be absent from the supposedly libertine coasts or in large cities.

From Salon

A person could impale themselves on their uprightness, the commanding Grace hopes.

From Salon

It said Justice Jackson possessed “wisdom, uprightness and learning.”

He had once told his children: “What I want most of all is that you live in uprightness and freedom of spirit, no matter how difficult that may be.”

“And with it, black hair in its natural state of sublime uprightness has returned as a symbol of political consciousness and visionary imagining.”

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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