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Meanings of moral rectitude in English

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Usage of moral rectitude in English
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But the exaggeration follows here a line of mental and moral rectitude.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Right and wrong, good conduct and moral rectitude, have certain well-defined limits.
Reginald
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This law, when ascertained, is the touchstone of moral rectitude.
Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
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It was a mental straightforwardness and conscientiousness, as rare, perhaps, as moral rectitude itself.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 / A Magazine...
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Dear Miss Clack, a pious fraud which even your high moral rectitude will excuse!
The Moonstone
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She was always solicitous to impress the world with her high notion of moral rectitude.
Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 3 / Being se...
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Men judge according to a standard merely conventional, and not by that of moral rectitude.
Sermons Preached at Brighton / Third Series
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The duty to follow rules of moral rectitude.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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Taxed with his timidity, he attempted to excuse himself on the inadmissible plea of moral rectitude.
A Book of Scoundrels
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When this man lacks moral rectitude, progress only makes bad worse, and further embroils social problems.
The Simple Life
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Or course, many of these gentlemen and ladies may be paragons of professional and moral rectitude.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
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Young as he is, that lad's notions of moral rectitude I defy you ever to eradicate.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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What kind of moral rectitude is that?
The sonderberg case
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This is not likely to damage your bank balance in any dramatic fashion; knock yourself out on moral rectitude.
The Irish Times
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And now she stood in the keep of her stronghold, the impersonation of moral rectitude and of practical housekeeping.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
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Wealth and beauty, scented flowers and ornaments like these, are not to be compared for grace with moral rectitude!-Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
The Essence of Buddhism
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