STRAIGHTNESS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

straightness

noun

Definition of straightness

as in uprightness

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Noun

The genus name nods to Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright stance.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
The genus name references Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright stance — a posture that set it apart from its modern, sprawling relatives.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of uprightness

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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.

— Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 4 July 2026
Financial regulation is struggling to keep pace with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, according to European policymakers, who are grappling with how to support adoption while containing risks to market integrity and stability.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 3 July 2026

Definition of integrity

Noun

The 22-year-old died after being detained by Iran’s morality police for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory hijab rules, The National reported.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Marjane depicts our terrifying teachers, the violent morality police and our collective and perpetual fear that we might be caught, hurt, arrested, killed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

Definition of morality

Noun

What tendrils of righteousness, revenge, crime, and punishment tie these people together?

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
The story does not flinch from the realities of segregation, including the violence that the family faced moving into white neighborhoods in Fort Worth in the 1950s, but there is more hope than fear, more faith in the power of righteousness to defeat injustice, in its pages.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of righteousness

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The soccer, and the goodness of ordinary Americans, saved this World Cup.

— Alex Connor, USA Today, 30 June 2026
But the object of attention is ultimately less important than the discipline itself, which is meant to deepen one’s love for goodness and truth, and also to intensify compassion for others.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of goodness

Noun

Millions of Germans joined the audience for the Nazi play, in which Hitler played the glorious Leader and the regime ruled ruthlessly while spinning stories about its own rectitude.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Moral rectitude, in some left-wing corners of the commentariat, is out; flagrant disregard of the social contract is in.

— Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of rectitude

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