rectitude
pronunciation
How to pronounce rectitude in British English:
UK [ˈrektɪtju:d]
How to pronounce rectitude in American English:
US [ˈrektɪtud]
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- Noun:
- uprightness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
Word Origin
- rectitude (n.)
- early 15c., "quality of being straight," from Middle French rectitude (14c.), from Late Latin rectitudinem (nominative rectitudo) "straightness, uprightness," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)). Sense of "upright in conduct or character" is from 1530s.
Example
- 1. The irish-born actor george brent played donovan as a man of superhuman rectitude .
- 2. Obsessive dramatic and emotional he has an unwavering belief in his own rectitude .
- 3. His remark prompted censure from the sentinels of fiscal rectitude .
- 4. Four years ago spain and ireland were seen as models of fiscal rectitude .
- 5. Yet the truth is that mr bersani is as far from being a communist as mr berlusconi is from being a model of rectitude .