righteousness
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 正义，公正，正直
构词拆分
righteous词根/词干
+
-ness后缀
Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute. · Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 rightwisnes
- 继承自 ←古英语 rihtwīsnes “justice”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *h₃reǵ-
词源说明
Corruption of earlier rightwiseness, from Middle English rightwisnes, from Old English rihtwīsnes (“justice”). By surface analysis, righteous + -ness.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous.
- (uncountable, theology) Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law.
- (countable, now rare) A righteous act or quality.
- The behaviour of someone who is righteous.
- (theology) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.