1 oughtness | Definition of oughtness

oughtness

noun
ought·​ness
plural -es

Definition of oughtness

: the quality or state of being morally obligatory to each such duty belongs a feeling of oughtness— W. H. Kilpatrick —contrasted with isness

History and Etymology for oughtness

ought entry 4 + -ness

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