Definition of rectitude

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rec·ti·tude    (rkt-td, -tyd) KEY 

NOUN:

1. Moral uprightness; righteousness.
2. The quality or condition of being correct in judgment.
3. The quality of being straight.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rctitd, from Latin rctus, straight; see reg- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
recti·tudi·nous(Adjective)