meaning of righteousness
1.  The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude. 
2.  A righteous act, or righteous quality. 
3.  The act or conduct of one who is righteous. 
4.  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification. 
5.  adhering to moral principles
						 
