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