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Righteoused vs Justified - What's the difference?

righteoused | justified |

As verbs the difference between righteoused and justified

is that righteoused is past tense of righteous while justified is past tense of justify.

As an adjective justified is

having a justification.

righteoused

English

Verb

(head)
  • (righteous)

    • 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.

    justified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a justification.
    • ''The act was fully justified .

    Antonyms

    * unjustified

    Verb

    (head)
  • (justify)