Sentence:  A consciousness of <WSD>rectitude</WSD> can be a terrible thing, and in those days I didn't just think that I was right: I thought that “we” (our group of International Socialists in particular) were being damn well "proved" right. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. (from 15th c.)