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tugendhaft — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • righteous adj Morally right or virtuous; acting justly.
  • virtuous adj Having strong moral character; morally good.
  • wholesome adj Good for a person's physical health, especially in relation to food.

Senses

tugendhaft is used for these senses in English:

  • righteous Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
  • virtuous Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
  • wholesome Favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous.

righteous — full definition

  1. adj Morally right or virtuous; acting justly.
  2. adj Often used disapprovingly to describe someone who is self-righteously convinced of their own moral superiority.

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