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Noun: correctness  ku'rekt-nus
  1. Conformity to fact or truth
    "The correctness of her calculations was verified by multiple experts";
    - rightness
     
  2. The quality of conformity to social expectations
    "Her correctness in addressing the dignitaries impressed everyone"

See also: correct, incorrect, right, wrong

Type of: correctitude, properness, propriety, quality

Antonym: incorrectness

Encyclopedia: Correctness