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• n  righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest

• Seemingly clever attorneys cross-examined him in the hope of breaking down his air of absolute rectitude and exactitude, but wiser ones let him have his say, and thanked God when he was done.
• Creator Mike Judge makes Hank funny in his pained Boy-Scout rectitude without making him a figure of fun for it, and with its canvas of mega-stores and Laotian yuppies, the show .
• Opposing her were the forces of decorum and rectitude, represented by Met general manager Joseph Volpe.

• uprightness

News & Articles

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• Dolphin Parenting: Raising Kids to Be Smart and Happy
  If there's one topic that can fuel the range and fire of human emotion, it's parenting. There's zealotry in the quest to correct and preserve teachings of past generations, profess the rectitude of a chosen parenting style and defend against the readily exchanged judgment about how to win or lose at this paramount task.
  Aug. 1, 2013 - U.S.News & World Report LP via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Morgan Tsvangirai in CNN
  We do not want armed conflict, but the people of Zimbabwe need the words of indignation from global leaders to be backed by the moral rectitude of military force,Tsvangirai wrote in Wednesday's edition of the British newspaper The Guardian....
• David Obey in Forbes
  After having asked us to borrow another $150 billion for the war in Iraq, he's trying to claim somehow that he's 'Mr. Fiscal Rectitude' by squawking about our efforts to restore $16 billion of his cuts,Obey said.
• President Bush in Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription)
  Americans will always admire Gerald Ford's unflinching performance of duty and the honorable conduct of his administration and the great rectitude of the man himself,Bush said. "For a nation that needed healing and for an office that...