RhymeZone: oughtness definitions

Definitions of oughtness:

noun: (chiefly philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.
noun: (rare) The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness.
noun: (rare) The obligatoriness of future actions or future states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort.

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