the straight and narrow
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› If you keep on the straight and narrow, you behave in a way that is honest and moral: The threat of a good beating should keep him on the straight and narrow.Honesty, openness and sincerityVirtue and moral good
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Synonyms and related words:
- altruism noun
- angelic adjective
- be as pure as the driven snow idiom
- be on the side of the angels idiom
- clean adjective (MORAL)
- ethical adjective
- goodness noun (CHARACTER)
- lily-white adjective (CHARACTER)
- moral adjective
- nobility noun (MORAL)
- noble adjective (MORAL)
- principled adjective
- pure adjective (MORALLY GOOD)
- right adjective (MORALLY ACCEPTABLE)
- selfless adjective
- spinach adjective
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions idiom
- unselfish adjective
- uprightly adverb
- virtue noun (GOOD MORALS)
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