rectitudo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rectĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [rectus] (post-class.).

I Straightness , directness. Lit., Aggen. ap. Front. p. 46 Goes.—

II Trop., uprightness , rectitude (class. aequitas), Hier. in Isa. 8, 10; 26, 7: hominum, Just. Nov. 13 praef.