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Uprightness

the quality or state of being upright.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Righteousness 76% connected

The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stance 76% connected

A stanza.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Perpendicular 74% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Perpendicular 74% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Upright 74% connected

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Upright 74% connected

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vertical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vertical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Erectness 92% connected

Uprightness of posture or form.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rectitude 92% connected

Straightness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Verticality 92% connected

The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Verticalness 92% connected

Quality or state of being vertical.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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