rightfulness

noun

Definition of rightfulnessnext
as in legitimacy

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  1. legitimacy
  2. rightness
  3. legality
  4. lawfulness
Noun
  • The number of secretary of state candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election has declined since the last midterm, from 13 candidates in 2022 to seven in 2026.
    — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The late-twentieth-century rise of Islamic states and movements followed an earlier ideological transformation in the opposite direction, as secular projects lost legitimacy and political Islam gained influence.
    — Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of legitimacy
Noun
  • Scented fleetingly with cinnamon, the dates gently smoked, their rightness with eggs sounds improbable.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Cool Machine is definitive not only for its sweep but also for the rightness, the evocative precision, of the details that fill its paragraphs like the mystery mix inside the skin of a Gray’s Papaya hot dog.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of rightness
Noun
  • Not sincere, caring concern, and not questions about the legality or morality of Grace’s ultimatum.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The ruling immediately calls into question the legality of local fire fees in a handful of other Georgia counties.
    — David Wickert, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of legality
Noun
  • Andrew recently initiated legal proceedings against the Thames Valley Police and asked a judge to review the lawfulness of his arrest.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Lawmakers and legal experts questioned the lawfulness of such protections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lawfulness
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“Rightfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rightfulness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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