Right

[raɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; 'take a right at the corner'.

(noun.) anything in accord with principles of justice; 'he feels he is in the right'; 'the rightfulness of his claim'.

(noun.) an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; 'they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights'; 'Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people'- Eleanor Roosevelt; 'a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away'.

(noun.) the hand that is on the right side of the body; 'he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left'; 'hit him with quick rights to the body'.

(noun.) those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged.

(noun.) location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; 'he stood on the right'.

(noun.) (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; 'mineral rights'; 'film rights'.

(verb.) regain an upright or proper position; 'The capsized boat righted again'.

(verb.) put in or restore to an upright position; 'They righted the sailboat that had capsized'.

(verb.) make reparations or amends for; 'right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust'.

(adj.) correct in opinion or judgment; 'time proved him right' .

(adj.) having the axis perpendicular to the base; 'a right angle' .

(adj.) of or belonging to the political or intellectual right .

(adj.) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; 'my right hand'; 'right center field'; 'a right-hand turn'; 'the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream' .

(adj.) in conformance with justice or law or morality; 'do the right thing and confess' .

(adj.) in or into a satisfactory condition; 'things are right again now'; 'put things right' .

(adj.) (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; 'the right side of the cloth showed the pattern'; 'be sure your shirt is right side out' .

(adj.) intended for the right hand; 'a right-hand glove' .

(adv.) exactly; 'he fell flop on his face'.

(adv.) immediately; 'she called right after dinner'.

(adv.) an interjection expressing agreement.

(adv.) precisely, exactly; 'stand right here!'.

(adv.) completely; 'she felt right at home'; 'he fell right into the trap'.

(adv.) toward or on the right; also used figuratively; 'he looked right and left'; 'the party has moved right'.

Editor: Michel--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

(a.) Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.

(a.) Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.

(a.) Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.

(a.) Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.

(a.) According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.

(a.) Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.

(a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals.

(a.) Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.

(a.) Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.

(adv.) In a right manner.

(adv.) In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.

(adv.) Exactly; just.

(adv.) According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.

(adv.) According to any rule of art; correctly.

(adv.) According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.

(adv.) In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.

(a.) That which is right or correct.

(a.) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong.

(a.) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact.

(a.) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.

(a.) That to which one has a just claim.

(a.) That which one has a natural claim to exact.

(a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal.

(a.) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership.

(a.) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.

(a.) The right side; the side opposite to the left.

(a.) In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.

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

(a.) To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.

(a.) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.

(v. i.) To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

(v. i.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Straight, direct, rectilinear, not crooked.[2]. Just, lawful, equitable, fair, rightful, honest, in accordance with duty.[3]. Fit, suitable, seemly, proper, meet, becoming, appropriate, as it should be, COMME IL FAUT.[4]. Correct, true, not erroneous, not mistaken.[5]. Right hand.

ad. [1]. Directly, in a direct line.[2]. Uprightly, equitably, fairly, lawfully, rightfully, rightly.[3]. Fitly, suitably, properly.[4]. Correctly, truly.[5]. Very, in a great degree.

n. [1]. Rectitude, justice, equity, fairness, goodness, lawfulness, propriety, what ought to be, what should be.[2]. Truth, correctness.[3]. Prerogative, privilege, immunity.[4]. Legal claim.

v. a. [1]. Set upright.[2]. Do justice to, relieve from wrong, see one righted, see justice done to one.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Rectitude, correctness, straightness, integrity, justice, truth, propriety,fitness, suitableness, claim, power, privilege

ANT:Wrong, incorrectness, perverseness, crookedness, disintegrity, injustice,falsehood, impropriety, unfitness, usurpation, encroachment, force, violence

SYN:Straight, upright, direct, lawful, correct, exact, just, fair, fit, proper,suitable, equitable

ANT:Crooked, indirect, wrong, unlawful, inexact, unjust, unfair, unfit, improper,unsuitable

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Definition

n. that which is right or correct: truth: justice: virtue: freedom from error: what one has a just claim to: privilege: property: the right side.—n. Right′-about′ in the opposite direction.—adj. Right′-ang′led having a right angle or angles; Right′-drawn (Shak.) drawn in a right or just cause.—v.t. Right′en to set right.—n. Right′er one who sets right or redresses wrong.—adj. Right′ful having a just claim: according to justice: belonging by right.—adv. Right′fully.—ns. Right′fulness righteousness: justice; Right′-hand the hand which is more used convenient and dexterous than the other.—adj. chiefly relied on.—adj. Right′-hand′ed using the right-hand more easily than the left: dextral: clockwise.—ns. Right′-hand′edness; Right′-hand′er a blow with the right-hand.—adjs. Right′-heart′ed having right or kindly dispositions: good-hearted; Right′less without right.—adv. Right′ly uprightly: suitably: not erroneously.—adj. Right′-mind′ed having a right or honest mind.—ns. Right′-mind′edness the state of being right-minded; Right′ness the character of being right correctness: the state of being on the right-hand; Right-of-way the right which the public has to the free passage over roads or tracks esp. such as are not statutory roads.—advs. Rights (obs.); Right′ward.—n. Right′-whale the Greenland whale the most important species of the true whales.—Right and left on both sides; Right ascension (see Ascension); Right bank of a river the bank on the right hand of a person looking in the direction the water flows; Right down plainly; Right of action a right which will sustain a civil action; Right off immediately; Right the helm to put it amidships in a line with the keel.—Absolute rights those which belong to human beings as such; At all rights in all points; Base right (Scots law) the right which a disposer acquires when he disposes of feudal property; By right or rights rightfully; Claim of Right the statement of the right of the church to spiritual independence and liberty from the interference of the civil courts in her spiritual functions adopted by an immense majority of the General Assembly in 1842; Contingent rights such as are distinguished from vested rights; Declaration and Bill of Rights the instrument drawn up by the Convention Parliament which called the Prince and Princess of Orange to the throne of England in 1689 stating the fundamental principles of the constitution; Declaration of the Rights of Man a famous statement of the constitution and principles of civil society and government adopted by the French National Assembly in August 1789; Do one right to do one justice; Have a right to be under a moral necessity; Have right to be right; In one's own right by absolute and personal right; In the right free from error; Natural rights those which exist by virtue of natural law—liberty security of person and property; Petition of right an action by which a subject vindicates his rights against the Crown; Public rights the rights which the state has over the subject and the subject against the state; Put to rights to arrange; The Right among continentals the conservatives from their usually sitting on the president's right in legislative assemblies; The right side the place of honour; Writ of right an action to establish the title to real property.

adv. in a straight or direct line: in a right manner: according to truth and justice: correctly: very: in a great degree.

adj. straight: most direct: upright: erect: according to truth and justice: according to law: true: correct: just: fit: proper: exact: most convenient: well performed: most dexterous as the hand: on the right-hand: on the right-hand of one looking towards the mouth of a river: righteous: duly genuine: correct in judgment: equitable: not crooked: to be preferred: precise: in good health: denoting the side designed to go outward as cloth: opposed to left as the right-hand: (math.) upright from a base: containing 90 degrees.—n. Right′ness.

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