rights
/ɹaɪts/
noun
- 1
That which complies with justice, law or reason.
“We're on the side of right in this contest.”
- 2
A legal, just or moral entitlement.
“You have no right to go through my personal diary.”
- 3
The right side or direction.
“The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.”
- 4
The right hand or fist.
- 5
The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
“The political right holds too much power.”
- 6
The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- 7
A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
Antonyms
verb
- 1
To correct.
“Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.”
- 2
To set upright.
“The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.”
- 3
To return to normal upright position.
“When the wind died down, the ship righted.”
- 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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