Rightful
['raɪtfʊl;-f(ə)l]
Definition
(a.) Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.
(a.) Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause.
(a.) Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king.
(a.) Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority.
Editor: Rena
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Legitimate, true.[2]. Just, equitable, fair, lawful, suitable, proper, right, reasonable.
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Examples
- While the benefits derived were not directly pecuniary in their nature, they were such as tended to strengthen commercially the position of the rightful owners of the patents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Since this work was included, almost every sort of personal property, from key-rings to motor-cycles has been found and restored to the rightful owners. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I remonstrated against this in writing, and the Secretary apologetically restored me to my rightful position of General-in-Chief of the Army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To see you cast down from your rightful place! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- During this interval she had become a less vivid and importunate image, receding from his foreground as May Welland resumed her rightful place in it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But how little you think of the rightful umbleness of a person in my station, Master Copperfield! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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