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   correctness

   /kəˈrɛk(t)nəs/

   noun

   • 1. the quality or state of being free from error; accuracy: "there was evidence to support the correctness of the identification"
   • ▪ the quality of being right in an opinion or judgement: "he is trying to challenge the correctness of his criminal conviction"
   • ▪ conformity to accepted social standards: "the character was played with stuffy correctness"
   • ▪ conformity to a particular political or ideological orthodoxy: "high-end environmental correctness has a price"

   Scrabble Points: 15

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