Solidity vs Rectitude - What's the difference?
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The state or quality of being solid.
Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.
(geometry) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.
* 2010 , (Christopher Hitchens), Hitch-22 , Atlantic 2011, p. 98:
Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue.
* 1776 , , et al.'', ''Declaration of Independence , 4 Jul.:
Solidity is a related term of rectitude.
As nouns the difference between solidity and rectitude
is that solidity is the state or quality of being solid while rectitude is straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.solidity
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* compactness * consistency * density * fullness * hardness * massiveness * solidness * soundness * strengthAntonyms
* fluidity * hollowness * instability * openness * weaknessrectitude
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(wikipedia rectitude)Noun
- A consciousness of rectitude can be a terrible thing, and in those days I didn't just think that I was right: I thought that “we” (our group of International Socialists in particular) were being damn well proved right.
- We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.