📖 Definitions of "Rights"
- 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.
- 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"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rights"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| straightnoun | Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track. |
| preciseverb | (loosely) Both exact and accurate. |
| right on | Correct and apropos; perfectly true. |
| accurate | Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty. |
| decently | To a reasonable or acceptable degree. |
| satisfactorynoun | Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them. |
| exactverb | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect. |
| powerful | Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence. |
| opportune | At a convenient or advantageous time. |
| correctly | In a correct manner. |
| right-minded | Decent; morally upright. |
| mightynoun | (obsolete, rare) A warrior of great strength and courage. |
| arightverb | Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form. |
| decentnoun | Misspelling of descent. [An instance of descending; act of coming down.] |
| farnoun | (UK, dialect) A litter of piglets; a farrow. |
| justly | In a just or fair manner; rightfully. |
| properly | In a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably |
| rightfulnessnoun | The state or quality of being rightful. |
| word-perfect | (UK, theater) Having memorized one's lines perfectly; letter-perfect. |
| rightish | (politics) Towards the political right wing. |
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