rightfulness
State of being justified
Rightfulness is the quality of being morally or legally justified.
It emphasizes legitimacy rather than mere correctness: the rightfulness of their claim to the land, No one questioned the rightfulness of his authority.
The word appears most often in formal or legal contexts where entitlement is at stake.
Quality of being sound
- lawfulnessConformity to regulations
- legalityConformance with law
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
genuineness · permissibility · authorization · sanction · ratification · endorsement · recognition · accreditation
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- rectitudeMoral straightness
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- conscienceInternal moral sense
probity · goodness · honor · decency · principles · honesty · dignity · dharma
Just and equal treatment
- justnessMoral rightness or fairness
- equitablenessQuality of being just
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- just causeValid grounds for action
desert · merited · warranted · fitting · appropriate · proper · justified · due
Freedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- fair dealingHonest, equitable conduct principle
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
non-discrimination · egalitarianism · equal treatment · parity · objectivity · neutrality · unbiasedness · fair play
validity
Quality of being sound
- lawfulnessConformity to regulations
- legalityConformance with law
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
authenticity · genuineness · permissibility · authorization · sanction · ratification · endorsement · recognition · accreditation · entitlement
ethics
Study of right conduct
conscience · probity · goodness · honor · decency · principles · honesty · dignity · dharma · propriety
fairness
Just and equal treatment
- justnessMoral rightness or fairness
- equitablenessQuality of being just
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
just cause · desert · merited · warranted · fitting · appropriate · proper · justified · due · owed
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- fair dealingHonest, equitable conduct principle
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
proportionality · non-discrimination · egalitarianism · equal treatment · parity · objectivity · neutrality · unbiasedness · fair play · level playing field
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
rightfulnesswrongfulness
State of being improper
wrongness · wickedness · sinfulness · immorality · unrighteousness
rightfulnessillegitimacy
Lacking lawful authority
wrongfulness · unlawfulness · invalidity · illegality · impropriety
rightfulnessinjustice
Denial of fair treatment
wrongfulness · unfairness · wrong · inequity · unjustness
right, upright, rights, righteous, rightly, rightful, rightness, rightfully, uprightness