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Righteousness Righteousness (also called rectitude) is a theological concept in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. It is an attribute that implies that a person's actions are justified, and can have the connotation that the person has been judged or reckoned as leading a life that is pleasing to God.
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repentance Definition of repentance. : the action or process of repenting especially for misdeeds or moral shortcomings.
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- Beautifulness definition, having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech. excellent of its kind: a beautiful putt on the seventh hole; The chef served us a beautiful roast of beef.
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folly fatuity, fatuousness, silliness, absurdity - a ludicrous folly; the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior. asininity - the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness. wisdom, wiseness - the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight.
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AP Gov. Ch 14 Vocab the inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government. electoral college. the people chosen to cast each state's votes in a presidential election. Each state can cast one electoral vote for each senator and representative it has. The District of Columbia has three electoral votes, even though it cannot elect a representative or senator. pyramid structure.
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ethical moral, ethical, virtuous, righteous, noble mean conforming to a standard of what is right and good. moral implies conformity to established sanctioned codes or accepted notions of right and wrong. ⟨the basic moral values of a community⟩ ethical may suggest the involvement of more difficult or subtle questions of rightness, fairness, or equity. committed to the highest ethical principles; virtuous implies moral excellence in character. not a religious person, but virtuous nevertheless; righteous stresses guiltlessness or blamelessness and often suggests the sanctimonious
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Justification Justification is a legal term with a meaning likeacquittal; in religion it points to the process whereby a person is declaredto be right before God. That person should be an upright and good person, butjustification does not point to qualities like these. That is rather the content ofsanctification.
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- Top definition. righteous indignation. What motivates people who dislike a popular TV show, movie, musical artist, TV or movie actor, etc. to go on the internet and voice their dislike. You'd think it would be as simple as watch something else on TV, don't see that movie, don't listen to their music, don't watch movies and TV shows that actor is in.
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What is righteousness? What is righteousness? Answer: Dictionaries define righteousness as “behavior that is morally justifiable or right.” Such behavior is characterized by accepted standards of morality, justice, virtue, or uprightness. The Bible’s standard of human righteousness is God’s own perfection in every attribute, every attitude, every behavior, and every word.
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mercy Definition of mercy. plural. mercies. 1a : compassion or forbearance (see forbearance 1) shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power; also : lenient or compassionate treatment begged for mercyb : imprisonment rather than death imposed as penalty for first-degree murder.
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- Strong's Greek: 2150. ◄ 2150. Definition: piety (towards God), godliness, devotion, godliness. 2150 eusébeia (from 2095 /eú well and 4576 /sébomai, venerate, pay homage) – properly, someone's inner response to the things of God which shows itself in godly piety (reverence).
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What Is Goodness? goodness : definition: Goodness is the state or quality of being good, especially morally good or beneficial. In a sense, it's the quality of having quality. English word origin: Old English gōd (good). word field: beneficial, gainful, useful, helpful, profitable, excellent. Moral goodness is grouped with words such as uprightness, virtue, benevolence, worth, value, generosity.
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righteousness Righteousness is a feeling or way of life that is all about doing the right thing: righteousness shows great concern for morals and ethics. Righteousness may sound like an old-fashioned word, but it's a timeless concept. As you can tell from seeing the word right, this is a word about taking a stand and doing the right thing. Trying to help poor, oppressed people is a cause full of righteousness. Doing an unpopular thing that is ethical requires righteousness.
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verity verity. n, pl-ties. 1. the quality or state of being true, real, or correct. 2. a true principle, statement, idea, etc; a truth or fact. [C14: from Old French verite, vérité From latin, vēritās from vērus]. true
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- And this Kingdom's rule, And this Kingdom's power and authority. Jesus, God's righteousness revealed. Jesus, the expression of God's love, The Grace of God, the Word of God, revealed to us. Jesus, God's holiness displayed, Now glorified, now justified, His Kingdom come.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  correctness(Noun) freedom from error. 2  correctness(Noun) conformity to the truth or to fact. 3  correctness(Noun) conformity to recognized standards. 4  correctness(Noun) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.
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Justification Justification. Justification is the declaring of a person to be just or righteous. It is a legal termsignifying acquittal, a fact that makes it unpalatable to many in our day. We tend todistrust legalism and thus we dismiss anything that savors of a legalistic approach. Weshould be clear that our hesitation was not shared by the biblical writers.
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Joint Publication 1 For other uses, see Integrity (disambiguation) . Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. It is generally a personal choice to uphold oneself to consistent moral and ethical standards. In ethics, integrity is regarded by many people as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions.
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Convict; Conviction To convict .... in respect of righteousness, and of judgment (John 16:8), refers to the conviction of the inadequacy and perversity of the ordinary, natural standards of righteousness and judgment, and the approval of those found in Christ, by the agency of the Holy Spirit, as the great interpreter and applier of the work of Christ.
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Mercy In more general terms, to show mercy is a characteristic of life in God's kingdom, a demonstration of kingdom power. The beatitude (an announcement of blessing) in Matthew 5:7 indicates that showing mercy is one of the marks of righteousness, the gift of God associated with the inbreaking of God's kingdom.
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Soteriology - The Doctrine of Salvation For he [God] hath made him [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (II Corinthians 5:21). The righteousness of Christ in you is what matters — not your shortcomings and failures.
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Justice The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
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Dictionary Definition Mercy is a term used to describe the leniency or compassion shown by one person to another, or a request from one person to another to be shown such leniency or unwarranted compassion for a crime or wrongdoing.
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Justification Justification is the declaring of a person to be just or righteous. It is a legal termsignifying acquittal, a fact that makes it unpalatable to many in our day.
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Perilous Times And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Holman Christian Standard Bible. you put on the new self, the one created according to God's likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.
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Why does Christ's righteousness need to be imputed to us? Through our faith in Christ, the righteousness of God is given to us. This is called “imputed” righteousness. To impute something is to ascribe or attribute something to someone. When we place our faith in Christ, God ascribes the perfect righteousness of Christ to our account so that we become perfect in His sight.