righteous

About 5.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Free from sin or guilt.
2. adjective Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.

   Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.

3. adjective Justified morally.

   righteous indignation

4. adjective Awesome; great.
5. adjective Major; large; significant.
6. verb To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.

Similar words

just virtuous sound good upright moral correct impartial right real

Often followed by

and man indignation in cause men anger judgment judge

Word family

righteously righteousness righteousnesses