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upright
- 1) adjective, vertical or erect
- 2) adjective, honest, honourable, or just
- 3) adverb, vertically
- 4) noun, a vertical support, such as a stake or post
- 5) noun, short for upright piano
- 6) noun, the state of being vertical
- 7) verb, to make upright
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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honest, faithful, vertical, straight, erect, perpendicular, good, principled, just, true, ethical, straightforward, honourable, righteous, conscientious, virtuous, trustworthy, high-minded, above board, incorruptible, unimpeachable