righteous
Free from sin or guilt.
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ALL TOO MANY TIMES IS THE INNOCENT HURT BY THE VIOLENT PIOUS; THE SELF-CLAIMED RIGHTEOUS.
Israeli Forces planting napalm time bombs in Cairo factory (13 Feb 1970) El Khanka Raid, 70 killed, 90 wounded, napalm sticks to skin and keeps burning. Targeting civilians doesn't sound too 'Righteous Among Nation…
I block many of them daily. They are smug self-righteous, truly uneducated and uninformed, & they have learned Nothing. They are still defensive & already saying they will NOT vote at all if the next candidate for pre…
day 5 at the very least. amazed he’s still going. head full of righteous indignation and absolutely nothing else
Happy Wednesday “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” —James 5:16
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Free from sin or guilt.
Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.
“ALL TOO MANY TIMES IS THE INNOCENT HURT BY THE VIOLENT PIOUS; THE SELF-CLAIMED RIGHTEOUS.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Israeli Forces planting napalm time bombs in Cairo factory (13 Feb 1970) El Khanka Raid, 70 killed, 90 wounded, napalm sticks to skin and keeps burning. Targeting civilians doesn't sound too 'Righteous Among Nations' to me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I block many of them daily. They are smug self-righteous, truly uneducated and uninformed, & they have learned Nothing. They are still defensive & already saying they will NOT vote at all if the next candidate for president is Gavin Newsom and others.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“day 5 at the very least. amazed he’s still going. head full of righteous indignation and absolutely nothing else”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Happy Wednesday “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” —James 5:16”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Justified morally.
"righteous" means: Justified morally.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"righteous" means: Justified morally.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I needed sleep meds to function. I can’t tell you how many people told me I was wrong and some other effin thing would work. After 25 years I had to quit. I am right back to no sleep. F&ck those self righteous idiots (congrats on your success)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I wonder who these posts are for? The target demographic isn’t on this site, the rational informational messaging isn’t going to get through to them. Read “The Righteous Mind”. Or you’re playing 5D chess— give us some insight. “Old woman yells at cloud” energy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Their dastardly, foul Kinect / our righteous, commendable EyeToy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Okay to put this in dumb gamer terms I understand: Justification is like God putting a Righteous buff on you, instead of it being one you can learn to apply yourself?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“No, if anything, it’s the inverse of this problem: people who criticize harm-reduction voting as insufficiently “leftist,” i.e. morally righteous. I suppose I value my personal safety and my elected officials’ ductility over my moral purity.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
righteous indignation
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