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Gracious vs Righteous - What's the difference?

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Gracious is a related term of righteous.


As adjectives the difference between gracious and righteous

is that gracious is kind and warmly courteous while righteous is free from sin or guilt.

As an interjection gracious

is expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

As a verb righteous is

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

gracious

English

Alternative forms

* gratious (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • kind and warmly courteous
  • tactful
  • compassionate
  • indulgent, charming and graceful
  • elegant and with good taste
  • benignant

    • Derived terms

    * graciousness * graciously

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

    • 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.