The Only Use
rectitude
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- In later years, I sometimes wondered exactly what made Jem do it, what made him break the bonds of "You just be a gentleman, son," and the phase of self-conscious rectitude he had recently entered.
p. 118.1rectitude = moral integrity
Definitions:
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(1)
(rectitude) moral integrity
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, rectitude can reference correctness of judgment. or procedure.