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What is the adjective for righteous?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs right, righten, righteous and rightwise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

right
  1. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
  2. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
  3. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
  4. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
  5. Healthy, sane, competent.
  6. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
  7. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
  8. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
  9. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
  10. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
  11. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. just, fair, good, ethical, honest, moral, upright, righteous, virtuous, equitable, proper, honourable, justifiable, lawful, condign, decent, deserved, due, honorable, justified, legal, merited, principled, rightful, competent, nice, right-minded, scrupulous, straight, warranted, all right, conscientious, stand-up, upstanding, noble, respectable, true, fitting, incorruptible, trustworthy, worthy, pure, high-minded, conscionable, exemplary, blameless, appropriate, square, law-abiding, correct … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “They are confronted with the choice between what is morally right and hypocrisy justified in the name of pragmatism.”
      “Looking back I suppose it was quite comical, we must have looked like a right old married couple.”
      “You have come at just the right moment.”
righteous
  1. Free from sin or guilt.
  2. Moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious.
  3. Justified morally.
  4. (slang, US) Awesome; great.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. virtuous, honest, upright, good, honourable, moral, honorable, ethical, decent, pure, just, principled, upstanding, respectable, trustworthy, noble, irreproachable, innocent, worthy, blameless, sinless, guiltless, faithful, true, exemplary, faultless, scrupulous, uncorrupted, straight, right, laudable, fair, conscientious, meritorious, praiseworthy, nice, devoted, commendable, equitable, reverent, creditable, dutiful, impartial, punctilious, charitable, godlike, philanthropic, philanthropical, right-minded, high-minded … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “He was a righteous man who was distressed by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.”
      “The Agamemnon begins with a flashback to a story about a man who is compelled to give rein to his righteous fury.”
      “That was a most righteous guitar solo, Rufus!”
rightish
  1. Somewhat correct.
  2. In a direction roughly to the right.
  3. Towards the political right wing.
  4. Examples:
      5. “If I had my way, there would be a much higher skepticism quotient in general with regards to politicians, whether rightish or leftish.”
rightwise
  1. (rare) Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side.
  2. (rare) Clockwise, moving clockwise.
rightsome
  1. Marked by right or rightness; characteristically right and proper; rightful.
rightwise
  1. Obsolete spelling of righteous [13th-16th century]
rightsholding
  1. Holding the legal rights to something.
righter
  1. comparative form of right: more right
righte
  1. Obsolete spelling of right
rightern
  1. (nonstandard, rare) Right (opposite of left).
  2. Examples:
      3. “Eventually a truce was declared and a line drawn between the leftern and the rightern semispheres.”
rightable
  1. That can be righted
rightways
  1. In a correct or normal orientation.
rightward
  1. To or from the right.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. right-hand, starboard, right, dextral, dexter, clockwise, on the right, to the right, three o'clock, 3 o'clock, right-handed, right side, right-side … more
rightful
  1. By right, by law.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. just, deserved, fitting, fair, right, proper, due, merited, appropriate, justified, warranted, suitable, apt, condign, fit, reasonable, befitting, requisite, applicable, competent, earned, legitimate, permitted, well deserved, well earned, holding water, in principle, twenty-four carat, meet, justifiable, adequate, good, sufficient, felicitous, happy, satisfactory, correct, becoming, desirable, opportune, convenient, ideal, timely, expedient, fitted, suited, rightly due, richly-deserved, sensible, decent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “That great party used to fume and fizz if, in a single freak election, it was denied its rightful place as the natural party of government.”
      “He was traced ten years later and restored to his rightful position in the lineage.”
      “All these things have now gotten their rightful due, and it's time to turn our attention to other worthy subjects.”
rightless
  1. Lacking right(s)
  2. Examples:
      3. “The anti-government people strongly believe that the powers that be want to take their guns away and make them into rightless people.”
rightmost
  1. Furthest to the right.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Start with the rightmost one and work towards the left.”
      “However, once you start pulling data from external memory, as in the rightmost 2 columns, the weak point of the VIA chipset becomes apparent.”
      “The two rightmost columns in the original table are replaced by three columns in the corrected table.”
rightest
  1. superlative form of right: most right
righted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of right
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rectified, fixt, fixed, corrected, repaired, redressed, remedied, mended, resolved, retrieved, solved, amended, cured, improved, settled, ameliorated, avenged, bettered, put right, set right, sorted out, squared, straightened, straightened out, adjusted, balanced, dealt with, debugged, doctored, emended, laundered, made good, made right, overhauled, patched, put to rights, recalibrated, recompensed, reconditioned, reconstructed, restored, rewarded, scrubbed, set to rights, made better, put in order, cleaned up, compensated for, dialed back, did justice … more
righting
  1. present participle of right
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rectifying, fixing, correcting, repairing, redressing, remedying, mending, resolving, retrieving, solving, amending, curing, improving, settling, ameliorating, avenging, bettering, putting right, setting right, sorting out, squaring, straightening, straightening out, adjusting, balancing, dealing with, debugging, doctoring, emending, laundering, making good, making right, overhauling, patching, putting to rights, recalibrating, recompensing, reconditioning, reconstructing, restoring, rewarding, scrubbing, setting to rights, making better, putting in order, cleaning up, compensating for, dialing back, doing justice, fiddling with … more
rightened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of righten
rightening
  1. present participle of righten
righteoused
  1. simple past tense and past participle of righteous
righteousing
  1. present participle of righteous
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