| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rec·ti·tude |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r k t -t d , -tyd |
| NOUN: | 1. Moral uprightness; righteousness. 2. The quality or condition of being correct in judgment. 3. The quality of being straight. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin r ctit d , from Latin rctus, straight. See reg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | recti·tudi·nous —ADJECTIVE
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