<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law</li><li>morally right or justifiable: righteous indignation</li><li>acting in an upright, moral way; virtuous: a righteous and godly person</li><li>Slang: absolutely genuine or wonderful: some righteous playing by a jazz great</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the righteous, (used with a plural verb) righteous persons collectively</li></ul>