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What does rectitude mean?

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Noun
  1. Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. [from 15th c.]
  2. (now rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]
  3. Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue. [from 16th c.]
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Accordingly some aspects of domestic rectitude predated the cult of domesticity.
Is there another group that seeks the path of rectitude and moderation with the same fervor?
The emphasis here is on exemplary, individual acts of moral protest, not on ideological rectitude.
One excellent way to forget it is to focus with righteous rectitude on the evils of others while focusing on the nobility of oneself.
He is a model of moral rectitude, unabashed pragmatism, voluminous machismo and carnal fortification.
Much of his new decalogue could be charitably interpreted as playful recycling of mildly un-PC rectitude.

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