Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or condition of being upright.
- noun Moral integrity; honesty and equity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice.
- noun Synonyms Integrity, Honor, etc. (see
honesty ), fairness, principle, trustworthiness, worth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the quality or state of being upright.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state of being
moral ,honest andhonourable . - noun uncountable The state of being
erect , orvertical . - noun countable The result or product of being
upright .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being upright in posture
- noun position at right angles to the horizon
- noun righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
Etymologies
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Examples
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The other is uprightness -- "_I know also, my God, that Thou hast pleasure in uprightness_" (1 Chron. xxix.
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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Proponents of standing in the workplace concede that they don't know how much uprightness is needed to produce the benefits they associate with standing tall.
Those with a desk job, please stand up Michael S. Rosenwald 2010
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Proponents of standing in the workplace concede that they don't know how much uprightness is needed to produce the benefits they associate with standing tall.
Desk jockeys rising up, putting chairs out of a job Michael S. Rosenwald 2010
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Proponents of standing in the workplace concede that they don't know how much uprightness is needed to produce the benefits they associate with standing tall.
Those with a desk job, please stand up Michael S. Rosenwald 2010
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Proponents of standing in the workplace concede that they don't know how much uprightness is needed to produce the benefits they associate with standing tall.
Those with a desk job, please stand up Michael S. Rosenwald 2010
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I believe this man knows that honesty and uprightness is the key to getting the United States Good Name Back!
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Gospel-worshippers should be joyful worshippers; if we serve God in uprightness, let us serve him with gladness.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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a single eye and an honest heart, not only in these eminent performances, but in an even regular course of holy living: I have walked before thee in truth and sincerity, and with a perfect, that is, an upright, heart; for uprightness is our gospel perfection.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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His business at such a time is to show unto man his uprightness, that is, God's uprightness, that in faithfulness he afflicts him and does him no wrong, which it is necessary to be convinced of in order to our making a due improvement of the affliction: or, rather, it may mean man's uprightness, or rectitude.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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In spite of the sobering tenor of "uprightness" in humanist pedagogical writings, the techniques practiced in schools such as Ca 'Zoiosa, especially with younger students, are more accurately characterized as jocoserious.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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