Question

pledges of excessive rectitude are always a little hard to take. source: slate in this sentence, rectitude means: the distance around a persons body righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes extreme greed for material wealth

Explanation:

"Rectitude" refers to moral uprightness, righteousness that comes from being honorable and honest. The context of the sentence about pledges of a certain quality being hard to take also supports this meaning.

Answer:

B. righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest