Uprightness

Definition: Uprightness

Uprightness

Noun

1. The property of being upright in posture.

2. Position at right angles to the horizon.

3. Uprightness as a consequence of being honorable and honest.

Date "uprightness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Synonyms: Uprightness

Synonyms: erectness (n), rectitude (n), verticality (n), verticalness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Probity	Noun: probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness; Adjective: honesty, faith; honor; bonne foi, good faith, bona fides; purity, clean hands.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Uprightness

English words defined with "uprightness": Equity of redemption ♦ justice of the peace ♦ Lunaria biennis ♦ rectitude ♦ Unequity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "uprightness": Disgrace ♦ Jesher ♦ Love. (references)

Etymologies containing "uprightness": Unequity. (references)

Author	Quotation
Confucius	Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness, and yet live, his escape from death is the effect of mere good fortune.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And therefore, though perhaps at first , (as shall be shewed more at large hereafter in the following part of this discourse) some one good and excellent man having got a pre -eminency amongst the rest, had this deference paid to his goodness and virtue, as to a kind of natural authority, that the chief rule, with arbitration of their differences, by a tacit consent devolved into his hands, without any other caution, but the assurance they had of his uprightness and wisdom; yet when time, giving authority, and (as some men would persuade us) sacredness of customs, which the negligent, and unforeseeing innocence of the first ages began, had brought in successors of another stamp, the people finding their properties not secure under the government, as then it was, (whereas government has no other end but the preservation of property) could never be safe nor at rest, nor think themselves in civil society, till the legislature was placed in collective bodies of men, call them senate, parliament, or what you please.* By which means every single person became subject, equally with other the meanest men, to those laws, which he himself, as part of the legislative, had established; nor could any one, by his own authority; avoid the force of the law, when once made; nor by any pretence of superiority plead exemption, thereby to license his own, or the miscarriages of any of his dependents.** No man in civil society can be exempted from the laws of it: for if any man may do what he thinks fit, and there be no appeal on earth, for redress or security against any harm he shall do; I ask, whether he be not perfectly still in the state of nature, and so can be no part or member of that civil society; unless any one will say, the state of nature and civil society are one and the same thing, which I have never yet found any one so great a patron of anarchy as to affirm. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Uprightness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Uprightness" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	11	106,044

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "uprightness".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Abishur	N/A	Biblical	Father of uprightness
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language		Translations for "uprightness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		rehtiys (rectitude). (various references)

French		intégrité. (various references)

German		Geradheit (candidness, directness, erectness, frankness, rectitude, straightness). (various references)

Greek		ευθύτησ (rectitude, squareness, straightforwardness), ευθύτητα (candor, candour, fairness, frankness, probity, squareness, straightforwardness, straightness), ακεραιότησ (integrity, probity), ακεραιότητα (integrity, probity, rectitude). (various references)

Hebrew		ישר� ות (common sense, straightforwardness), תמירות (erectness, slenderness), זקיפות (erectness, orthostation). (various references)

Hungarian		egyenesség (directness, frankness, rectitude, sincerity, squareness, straight, straightforwardness, straightness). (various references)

Italian		rigore (exactness, rigors, rigours, severity, strictness, stringency, wintriness), posizione verticale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		真面 (direct, front, honesty), �"白 (innocence, purity), 強直 (rigidity), 廉直 (integrity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょうちょく (rigidity), まとも (direct, front, honesty, the front), れ�"ちょく (integrity), けっぱく (innocence, purity). (various references)

Pig Latin		ightnessupray

Romanian		probitate (honesty, probity), loialitate (fairness, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, sportsmanship), integritate (entirety, honesty, integrity), echitate (equity, justice), cinste (appreciation, ceremony, chastity, consideration, credit, crown, esteem, fairness, faith, faithfulness, fame, Favor, favour, fealty, gift, glory, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, morality, probity, repute, respect, straight, treat, truth, virtue). (various references)

Russian		прямота (bluntness, candor, candour, directness, integrity, openness, plain dealing, rectitude, straight, straightforwardness). (various references)

Scottish		treibhireas (sincerity). (various references)

Spanish		nobleza (aristocracy, gentlefolk, gentlefolks, gentlehood, honesty, nobility, nobleness, noblesse, peerage). (various references)

Swedish		rättrådighet (honesty). (various references)

Turkish		namusluluk (chastity, probity), doğruluk (accuracy, authenticity, candor, candour, correctitude, correctness, directness, evenness, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, preciseness, precision, prig, probity, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trueness, truth, truthfulness, validity, veracity, Verity), dürüstlük (conscientiousness, correctitude, correctness, directness, erectness, evenness, fairness, faithfulness, honesty, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincereness, sincerity, squareness, straightforwardness, straightness, truth, veracity). (various references)

Ukrainian		чесність (fair dealing, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, sincerity, straightforwardness, straightness), вертикальність. (various references)

Vietnamese		tính liêm khiết (incorruptibility, incorruptibleness, probity), tính chất thẳng đứng tính ngay thẳng, tính chính trực (integrity, rectitude). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	probitas. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	rectitudo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	W oi egkataleiponteV odouV euqeiaV tou poreuesqai en odoiV skotouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Thei that forsaken the riyt going, and wenten bi derke weies;
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 13
Cebuano	Nga nagabiya sa mga alagianan nga matul-id, Aron sa paglakat sa mga dalan sa kangitngit;
Chinese	那等人捨棄正直的路、行走黑暗的 �" 、
Croatian	od onih koji ostavljaju staze poštenja te idu mraènim putovima;
Danish	som går fra de lige Stier for at vandre på Mørkets Veje.
Dutch	Van degenen, die de paden der oprechtheid verlaten, om te gaan in de wegen der duisternis;
Finnish	niistä, jotka ovat hyljänneet oikeat polut vaeltaaksensa pimeyden teitä;
French	De ceux qui abandonnent les sentiers de la droiture Afin de marcher dans des chemins ténébreux,
German	die da verlassen die rechte Bahn und gehen finstere Wege,
Hungarian	A kik elhagyják az igazságnak útát, hogy járjanak a setétségnek útain.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mereka tak mau mengikuti cara hidup yang baik; mereka mengambil jalan yang gelap dan penuh dosa.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dari pada orang yang meninggalkan jalan betul, hendak menurut jalan-jalan yang gelap,
Italian	da coloro che abbandonano i retti sentieri per camminare nelle vie delle tenebre,
Korean	이 무 리 �" � � 직 한 길 을 � 나 어 두 운 길 로 행 하 며
Maori	I te hunga e whakarere nei i nga ara o te tika, e haere ana i nga ara o te pouri;
Norwegian	fra dem som forlater rettvishets stier for å vandre på mørkets veier,
Portuguese	dos que deixam as veredas da retidão, para andarem pelos caminhos das trevas;
Rumanian	de ceice pqrqsesc cqrqrile adevqrate, ca sq umble pe drumuri kntunecoase;
Russian	ПФ ФЕИ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ПУФБЧМСАФ УФЕЪЙ � ТСНЩЕ, ЮФП�'Щ ИП�"ЙФШ � ХФСНЙ ФШНЩ;
Spanish	que abandonan las sendas derechas para andar en caminos tenebrosos,
Swedish	från dem som hava övergivit det rättas stigar. för att färdas på mörkrets vägar,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "uprightness": uprightnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Uprightness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alrightness. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "uprightness" (pronounced 'Up"right`ness'): Abstractness, Barefacedness, Bleareyedness, Commonplaceness, Complexness, Contriteness, forthrightness, ladylikeness, Love-sickness, Manifoldness, Orthodoxness, Qualifiedness, Rightwiseness, Roundaboutness, seasickness, Stupefiedness, Superfineness, Unifromness, Warlikeness. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-n-p-r-s-s-t-u"
	-2 letters: hungriest, punishers, rightness, russeting, superhits, superthin.
	-3 letters: erupting, gunships, gushiest, hipsters, huntress, hustings, inrushes, perusing, pressing, punisher, punishes, punsters, pursiest, pushiest, reputing, resights, rushiest, rushings, shunters, sighters, sphering, sphinges, spinster, sprights, springes, spurting, stingers, superhit, supering, trigness, trussing, unripest, unsights, uprights, ushering.
	-4 letters: esprits, estrins, girshes, grushie, gunites, gunship, gurnets, gurshes, gushers, gushier.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-n-p-r-s-s-t-u"
	+2 letters: guttersnipish, uprightnesses.
	+3 letters: sprightfulness.
	+5 letters: sprightfulnesses.
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