Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - righteous
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If you think that someone behaves or lives in a way that is morally good, you can say that they are righteous. People sometimes use righteous to express their disapproval when they think someone is only behaving in this way so that others will admire or support them. (FORMAL) Aren’t you afraid of being seen as a righteous crusader?... ADJ • righteousness Both sides in the dispute have been adopting a tone of moral righteousness. N-UNCOUNT • righteously They righteously maintain that they do not practise rationing. ADV
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adjective Etymology: alteration of earlier rightuous, alteration of Middle English rightwise, rightwos, from Old English rihtwis, from riht, noun, right + wis wise Date: 1530 1. acting in accord with divine or moral law ; free from guilt or sin 2. a. morally right or justifiable a ~ decision b. arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality ~ indignation 3. slang genuine, excellent Synonyms: see moral • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (of a person or conduct) morally right; virtuous, law-abiding. Derivatives righteously adv. righteousness n. Etymology: OE rihtwis (as RIGHT n. + -WISE or RIGHT adj. + WISE(2)), assim. to bounteous etc. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. добродетельные люди; люди, ведущие безупречную жизнь the righteous and the wicked —- праведники и грешники 2. праведный, добродетельный 3. справедливый, оправданный righteous anger —- справедливый гнев 4. ам. сл. настоящий, подлинный, неподдельный, не фальшивый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) праведный, добродетельный 2) справедливый; righteous indignation - справедливое негодование Syn: see moral ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 righteous indignation/anger etc strong feelings of anger when you think a situation is not morally right or fair ("You should have asked me first" said Corrine, full of righteous indignation.) 2 formal morally good and fair (a righteous and loving God) (- see also selfrighteous) - righteously adv - righteousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 16c. alteration of O.E. rihtwis, from riht (see right) + wis "wise;" suffix altered by influence of courteous, etc. Meaning "genuine, excellent" is c.1900 in jazz slang. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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