Bible Dictionaries
Righteousness
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
(2):
(n.) A righteous act, or righteous quality.
(3):
(n.) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification.
(4):
(n.) The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Righteousness'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/righteousness.html. 1828.