| Meaning | Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice. |
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| Example | "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16 |
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| Narrower | good, just, upright | Of moral excellence |
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| sound | Free from moral defect |
| See also | good | morally admirable |
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| innocent, guiltless, clean-handed | Free from evil or guilt |
| just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
| moral | concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles |
| virtuous | morally excellent |
| worthy | Having worth or merit or value |
| Opposite | unrighteous | not righteous |
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| Spanish | honrado, justo, recto |
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| Catalan | honrat, just, recte |
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| Nouns | righteousness | adhering to moral principles |
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| Adverbs | righteously | in a righteous manner |
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