righteousness

Other forms of righteousness

plural

righteousnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about righteousness

What does righteousness mean?

righteousness means "adhering to moral principles".

How many syllables are in righteousness?

righteousness has 3 syllables: righ-teou-sness. The stress falls on "righ". In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪtʃəsnəs/.

What is the opposite of righteousness?

The recorded antonyms are unrighteousness.

Is righteousness a common word?

righteousness is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.