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Right
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology.
Rights are often considered fundamental to civilization, for they are regarded as established pillars of society and culture, and the history of social conflicts can be found in the history of each right and its development. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “rights structure the form of governments, the content of laws, and the shape of morality as it is currently perceived”.
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Correct (adjective)
Free from error; true; accurate.
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Correct (adjective)
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
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Correct (verb)
To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
“The navigator corrected the course of the ship.”
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Correct (verb)
To grade (examination papers).
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Correct (verb)
To inform (someone) of their error.
“It’s rude to correct your parents.”
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Correct (verb)
To discipline; to punish.
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Right (adjective)
Straight, not bent.
“a right line”
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Right (adjective)
Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
“The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.”
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Right (adjective)
Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
“I thought you’d made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.”
“It’s not right that one person gets all the credit for the group’s work.”
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Right (adjective)
Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
“Is this the right software for my computer?”
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Right (adjective)
Healthy, sane, competent.
“I’m afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.”
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Right (adjective)
Real; veritable (used emphatically).
“You’ve made a right mess of the kitchen!”
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Right (adjective)
All right; not requiring assistance.
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Right (adjective)
Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
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Right (adjective)
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
“After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.”
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Right (adjective)
Designed to be placed or worn outward.
“the right side of a piece of cloth”
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Right (adjective)
Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
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Right (adverb)
On the right side.
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Right (adverb)
Towards the right side.
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Right (adverb)
Exactly, precisely.
“The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.”
“Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.”
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Right (adverb)
Immediately, directly.
“Can’t you see it? It’s right beside you!”
“Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone’s view.”
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Right (adverb)
Very, extremely, quite.
“I made a right stupid mistake there, didn’t I?”
“I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.”
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Right (adverb)
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
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Right (adverb)
In a correct manner.
“Do it right or don’t do it at all.”
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Right (adverb)
To a great extent or degree.
“Sir, I am right glad to meet you …”
“Members of the Queen’s Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.”
“The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.”
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Right (interjection)
Yes, that is correct; I agree.
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Right (interjection)
I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
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Right (interjection)
Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
“- After that interview, I don’t think we should hire her.
– Right — who wants lunch?” -
Right (interjection)
Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
“You’re going, right?”
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Right (interjection)
Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
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Right (noun)
That which complies with justice, law or reason.
“We’re on the side of right in this contest.”
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Right (noun)
A legal or moral entitlement.
“You have no right to go through my personal diary.”
“see also in right of”
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Right (noun)
The right side or direction.
“The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.”
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Right (noun)
The right hand.
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Right (noun)
The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
“The political right holds too much power.”
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Right (noun)
The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
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Right (verb)
To correct.
“Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.”
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Right (verb)
To set upright.
“The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.”
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Right (verb)
To return to normal upright position.
“When the wind died down, the ship righted.”
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Right (verb)
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
“to right the oppressed”