# rightness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #71,070

## Definitions
1. The characteristic of being right; correctness.
2. The result or product of being right; something correct.
3. The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.

## Etymology
From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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