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uprightness

noun as in dignity

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To live at all, he must run in debt; and to his uprightness debt seemed little less than a crime.

No man was more highly respected for unswerving integrity, and uprightness of purpose, than Robert Banks, of Detroit.

This may have its difficulties at a future day; but I make none, knowing the uprightness of my intentions.

I felt what I owed to the daughter, whose steadfast uprightness was a perfect contrast to the base monoeuvres of the mother.

I have always considered M. de Malesherbes as a man whose uprightness was proof against every temptation.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to uprightness, such as: erectness, honesty, honor, integrity, perpendicularity, and verticality.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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