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Fairness vs Righteous - What's the difference?

fairness | righteous |

As a noun fairness

is the property of being fair or equitable.

As an adjective righteous is

free from sin or guilt.

As a verb righteous is

to make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.

fairness

English

Noun

(wikipedia fairness)
  • The property of being fair or equitable.
    • In fairness , I should have asked before I borrowed your car.
  • The property of being fair or beautiful.

    • Anagrams

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    righteous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • free from sin or guilt
  • moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious
  • justified morally
  • (slang, US) awesome

    • Derived terms

    * righteousness * self-righteous

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 101:
    • Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused ’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.