Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rectitude

Rectitude (r?k"t?*t?d) , noun

[Latin rectitudo, from rectus right, straight: compare French rectitude. See Right.]

1.
Straightness. [Rare] — Johnson
2.
Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.
3.
Right judgment. [Rare] — Sir G. C. Lewis