rites

/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).

noun

  1. 1

    A religious custom.

  2. 2

    (by extension) A prescribed behavior.

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