Defn: Righteous. [Obs.] Wyclif.
RIGHTWISE
Right"wise`, v. t.
Defn: To make righteous. [Obs.]
RIGHTWISELY
Right"wise`ly, adv.
Defn: Righteously. [Obs.]
RIGHTWISENESS
Right"wise`ness, n.
Defn: Righteousness. [Obs.]
In doom and eke in rightwisnesse. Chaucer.
RIGID Rig"id, a. Etym: [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor. ]
1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton.
2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne.