correctness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun conformity to fact or truth
    rightness.
  2. noun the quality of conformity to social expectations

WordNet

Cor*rect"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.

Webster 1913