Rectitude

(n.) Straightness.

(n.) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

(n.) Right judgment.

校对:威拉德

• Madame saw all this, but she still pretended not to see: she had not rectitude of soul to confront the child with her vices. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But what they gained in generosity they lost in rectitude. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To give you a lesson on the cultivation of rectitude, to disgust you with craft and false sentiment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Dear Miss Clack, a pious fraud which even your high moral rectitude will excuse! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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