righteous

UK /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/ US /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/
adj 5verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Free from sin or guilt.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

2

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

Justified morally.

righteous indignation

4

Awesome; great.

The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.

He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.

5

Major; large; significant.

He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore.

verb

1

To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.

Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.

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