uprightness
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1ADJ.
own
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noun
The state of being honest, honourable, and moral.
You are responsible only for your own uprightness. See to that and all else will take care of itself. - Miles Williams Mathis
[S]uch as therefore ſhould not be adventured vpon vvithout mature and vnpartiall diſquiſition of the vprightneſſe of our affections therein, […]
The state of being erect or vertical.
It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair, whose rigid uprightness seemed suited only to the parlour of a dentist, repose being the last idea it suggested.
The product or result of being upright.
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Synonyms
noun — righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
noun — position at right angles to the horizon
- verticality
- verticalness
- erectness
noun — the property of being upright in posture
- erectness
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3You are responsible only for your own uprightness. See to that and all else will take care of itself. - Miles Williams Mathis
Wiktionary[S]uch as therefore ſhould not be adventured vpon vvithout mature and vnpartiall diſquiſition of the vprightneſſe of our affections therein, […]
WiktionaryIt is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been
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