Sekirov Dictionary

righteous

/ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/

adjective 5
verb 1
forms 5

adjective5

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Free from sin or guilt.
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon. — 1611
•
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.
Justified morally.
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(US, slang) Awesome; great.
- The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. — 1986
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(US, slang) Major; large; significant.
- He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore. — 2021

verb1

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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. — 2009

forms

righteoused · righteousing · righteouses · more righteous · most righteous

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