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Chloee Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Does a noun righteousness refer to the fear of God and could it possibly have any other meaning?

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Chloee Does the noun righteousness refer to the fear of *** and could it possibly have any other meaning? The only meaning I'm very much aware of is: Righteousness is being morally right/being reasonable. Prajwal

— Prajwalkr

  • Chloee Does the noun righteousness refer to the fear of *** and could it possibly have any other meaning?
  • The only meaning I'm very much aware of is: Righteousness is being morally right/being reasonable.
  • Prajwal
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ChloeeDoes the noun righteousness refer to the fear of *** and could it possibly have any other meaning?
The only meaning I'm very much aware of is:

Righteousness is being morally right/being reasonable.


Prajwal
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It never refers to the fear of ***.


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
righteous


?adjective
  • 1 morally right or justifiable.
  • 2 US informal very good; excellent.
    ¦ correctly so calle
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Thanks a lot.

Do you have an idea which noun could describe the fear of *** then? More precisely, the fear toghether with the respect.
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ChloeeDo you have an idea which noun could describe the fear of *** then? More precisely, the fear toghether with the respect.
Check out ***-fearer. Never heard of it before, but there is a dictionary entry.
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piety
reverence
veneration
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enoonreverence veneration
That would not specifically imply respect towards ***/fear of of ***, I suppose.
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prajwalkrenoonreverence venerationThat would not specifically imply respect towards ***/fear of of ***, I suppose. I thought they were quite general terms.Prajwal
Well, you can't always get exactly what you want out of one word. "Fear of ***" is the right way to put it.
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enoonWell, you can't always get exactly what you want out of one word.
That's one thing I have learnt today. Thanks a lot, enoon!!
enoon"Fear of ***" is the right way to put it.
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theophobia

But there is only fear here.
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