rites
/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
noun
- 1
A religious custom.
- 2
(by extension) A prescribed behavior.
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