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What is the difference between righteous and Tagalog?

righteous | Tagalog |

As adjectives the difference between righteous and Tagalog

is that righteous is free from sin or guilt while Tagalog is of or relating to the Tagalogs.

As a verb righteous

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

As a proper noun Tagalog is

a language spoken in the Philippines, in particular, Metro Manila and its surrounding provinces such as Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Bataan, Rizal, Marinduque, Mindoro, and Quezon.

As a noun Tagalog is

a member of the second largest Filipino ethnic group.

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.

    Tagalog

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A language spoken in the Philippines, in particular, Metro Manila and its surrounding provinces such as Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Bataan, Rizal, Marinduque, Mindoro, and Quezon.
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A member of the second largest Filipino ethnic group.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to the Tagalogs.
  • See also

    * * (tl) * Language list