correctness
1. conformity to fact or truth (Freq. 2) • Syn: rightness • Ant: wrongness (for: rightness), incorrectness • Derivationally related forms: right (for: rightness), correct • Hypernyms: quality • Attrubites: correct, right, incorrect, wrong 2. the quality of conformity to social expectations • Ant: incorrectness • Derivationally related forms: correct • Hypernyms: propriety, properness, correctitude • Hyponyms: faultlessness, impeccability, political correctness, political correctitude
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