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1 —2 uses as in:
a righteous cause
Definition
morally correct; or morally justified
or:
acting or feeling morally superior — especially when it isn't true (this meaning is more typically seen as a compound word beginning with "self-")
or:
acting or feeling morally superior — especially when it isn't true (this meaning is more typically seen as a compound word beginning with "self-")
- ...colored with righteous resentment at what could have been his cowardice, or stupidity or bad luckOne (57% in)
righteous = justified (or feeling justified)
- Like a flag hoisted, this righteousness telegraphed and announced the faggot, the whip, the fist, the lie, long before it went public.One (95% in)
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- One makes him feel righteous.Three (80% in)
- Riding close together, bunched-up like, and righteous.One (94% in)
- The righteous Look every Negro learned to recognize along with his ma'am's tit.One (94% in)
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