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Rightful

Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.

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Just 84% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Just 84% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Legitimate 84% connected

Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession…

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Legitimate 84% connected

Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession…

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Rightfulness 74% connected

The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

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Rightfulness 74% connected

The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

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Lawful 92% connected

Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

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True 92% connected

Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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Apportionment noun · 78% connection

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each propriet…

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Casehardened adjective · 78% connection

Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences…

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Easel noun · 78% connection

A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.

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Erect verb · 78% connection

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, et…

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Even adjective · 78% connection

Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or per…

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Fair superl. · 78% connection

Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of…

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Friendship noun · 78% connection

The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem an…

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Godly noun · 78% connection

Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; co…

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Good superl. · 78% connection

Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or…

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Honest adjective · 78% connection

Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustwort…

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Honorable adjective · 78% connection

Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable…

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Incorruptible adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

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Justify adjective · 78% connection

To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.

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Lead verb · 78% connection

To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righ…

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Lucky superl. · 78% connection

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Miscarriage noun · 78% connection

Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.

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Overrighteous adjective · 78% connection

Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.

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Pharisaical adjective · 78% connection

Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-…

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