the quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way 公正；正直；诚实 She is a model of rectitude. 她是一个正直的榜样。 Most of them led lives of selfless moral rectitude. 他们大多数人过着无私的道德正直的生活。
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting straightness): from Old French, from late Latin rectitudo, from Latin rectus ‘right, straight’.