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• n  according with conscience or morality
• n  appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
• n  conformity to fact or truth
• n  conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety

• The Democratic candidate has also been an outspoken critic of what could be termed "certainty" theology the idea that real Christians have no doubts about their rightness.
• "The fact that she's the first woman to do the job would also add a fascination and a glamour and a sense of rightness.
• If there are special reasons for thisthe brilliance of the choreographer, Jerome Robbins, and the choreographic rightness of the materialthe point is still worth pondering.

• appropriateness
• correctness
• justness
• nicety

• wrongness
• inappropriateness
• incorrectness

News & Articles

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• Israeli Writer Yoram Kaniuk, 83, On Pain And Peace
  Born in Israel in 1930, Yoram Kaniuk wrote novels and articles that explored war, the Holocaust, Israel, and the prospect of peace for Israelis and Palestinians. He was an outspoken proponent of the need for Israelis and Palestinians to understand that both groups of people deserve sovereignty. "Both sides are right, and both sides are so strong about the rightness," he told Fresh Air 's Terry ...
  June 13, 2013 - KERA North Texas

Quotes

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• Elena Kagan in OCRegister
  In a 1995 book review, Kagan argued in favor of "the essential rightness - the legitimacy and the desirability - of exploring a Supreme Court nominee's set of constitutional views and commitments."
• Charlie Crist in 10 Connects
  I feel a compelling duty to protect Florida,Crist said. "I think the rightness of this is clear."
• Martin Luther King in Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Her brother, Martin Luther King III, spoke next and promised that "we're all children of the dream, and he is in all our hearts and minds. But not only that, he is in the hopes and dreams, the competence and courage, the rightness and readiness of...