rights

/ɹaɪts/

noun

  1. 1

    That which complies with justice, law or reason.

    “We're on the side of right in this contest.”
  2. 2

    A legal, just or moral entitlement.

    “You have no right to go through my personal diary.”
  3. 3

    The right side or direction.

    “The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.”
  4. 4

    The right hand or fist.

  5. 5

    The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

    “The political right holds too much power.”
  6. 6

    The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

  7. 7

    A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

verb

  1. 1

    To correct.

    “Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.”
  2. 2

    To set upright.

    “The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.”
  3. 3

    To return to normal upright position.

    “When the wind died down, the ship righted.”
  4. 4

    To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

    “to right the oppressed”

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