Upright Moral  A Vertical  Having Noun Adherence And 

up·right

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\\ˈəp-ˌrīt\\ adjective1.
  a. 

perpendicular

, 

vertical

  b. erect in carriage or posture
  c. having the main axis or a main part perpendicular
      upright freezer
2. marked by strong moral rectitude
    an upright citizen
• up·right·ly adverb
• up·right·ness noun
Synonyms.
  , , , , ,  mean having or showing a strict regard for what is morally right.  implies a strict adherence to moral principles
      a stern and upright minister
   stresses adherence to such virtues as truthfulness, candor, fairness
      known for being honest in business dealings
   stresses conscious choice and regular practice of what is right or equitable
      workers given just compensation
   and  imply an active moral sense governing all one's actions and painstaking efforts to follow one's conscience
      conscientious in the completion of her assignments
      scrupulous in carrying out the terms of the will
   suggests a firm holding to codes of right behavior and the guidance of a high sense of honor and duty
      a difficult but honorable decision

II

adverb: vertically upward : in an upright position

III

noun1. the state of being upright : 

perpendicular

    a pillar out of upright
2. something that stands upright; especially : a football goalpost — usually used in plural
3. 

upright piano

upright
I. \| ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūpriht, from ūp up + riht right — more at , 
1. 
 a. : standing up straight on the feet or on one end : being in a vertical position : , 
  < Sinanthropus was of medium stature and certainly upright — R.W.Murray >
 b. : marked by erectness of carriage : having good posture
  < a tall dark girl with that bold upright well-poised figure — Anthony Trollope >
 c. 
  (1) : having the main axis or a main part perpendicular
   < designs of freezers … center around the alternatives of chest and upright freezers — J.A.Mixon & H.D.Johnson >
   < the scribe wrote a large flowing hand … with the individual letters upright and square in formation — Jack Finegan >
  (2) : not slanting or upside-down : having the right side up
   < had to have a gyroscope … inside it in order to keep it upright — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor >
2. obsolete :  1
3. : marked by strong moral rectitude : morally correct
 < upright women shall associate with no men who drink alcohol — Waldo Frank >
 < his unquestioned integrity and upright innocence — J.G.Cozzens >
4. archaic : ,  — used chiefly of a vagrant
5. obsolete : straight so as to fit either foot
 < an upright shoe — Robert Burton >
6. : having a vertical or upward course
7. : having greater height than width
 < a very decorative antique Sheraton upright wall mirror — Antiques >
 < upright books >
Synonyms: 
 , , , , :  may imply strict regard for the right and resolute, thoughtful adherence to high moral principles
  < they hate all chicanery, all evasiveness and slipperiness. They are upright and downright — H.S.Commager >
  < best described by the old-fashioned word upright. It's a good word, comprises a good many things — all the straight qualities, like loyalty, truthfulness, the right sort of pride — Elizabeth Goudge >
   may describe adherence to truth, candor, straightforwardness, sincerity, fairness, and freedom from fraud and duplicity
  < the idealism that would build peace and content on honest foundations, and would deny them to none — V.L.Parrington >
  < only a careful study of the evidence will enable us to give an honest answer — M.R.Cohen >
  < the honest heart that's free frae a' intended fraud or guile — Robert Burns >
   may stress choice of the righteous and equitable
  < a life unblamable and just — William Cowper >
  < nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation — U.S. Constitution >
  < crime sometimes pays. The just man … continues unaccountably to suffer, and the wicked to flourish like the green bay tree — Weston La Barre >
   may indicate habitual painstaking dutiful effort to accord with moral law
  < the skillful, conscientious schoolmistresses whose lives were spent in trying to inculcate real knowledge — C.H.Grandgent >
  < she took to religion, and her conscientious Christian virtues, practiced with stern inclemency, were the canker of the family — Arnold Bennett >
   describes a very careful, meticulous, and sometimes even anxious adherence to dictates of morality and conscience
  < not one word that I have said runs counter to the demands of delicate and penetrating accuracy of observation, or of scrupulous fidelity to fact as it appears — J.L.Lowes >
  < the delicate equipoise and scrupulous objectivity which the judge must try to preserve at all times — R.M.Dawson >
   indicates a holding to codes of honor and sanctioned proprieties
  < too honorable to lend himself to an accusation which he knew to be false — J.A.Froude >
  < he avoided the mean and tricky: he was always an honorable foe — W.C.Ford >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English uprighten, from upright, adjective
: to make upright
III. \| ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adverb
Etymology: upright (I) 
archaic : vertically upward
 < for all beneath the moon would I not leap upright — Shakespeare >
IV. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: upright (I) 
1. 
 a. obsolete : a vertical face (as of a building)
 b. archaic :  5
2. : the state of being upright : 
 < a pillar out of upright >
3. : something that stands upright: as
 a. : a vertical piece of timber in a building
 b. : a perpendicular stone, post, or stake
 c. : a vertical structural member of a piece of furniture (as a chair) — usually used in plural
 d. : the wall down the middle of a brick clamp
 e. : a goalpost especially on a football field — usually used in plural
4. : an upright geologic stratum
5. :