rights

/ษนaษชts/

IPA: /R AY1 T S/

noun
  1. 1

    That which complies with justice, law or reason.

    โ€œWe're on the side of right in this contest.โ€

  2. 2

    A legal, just or moral entitlement.

    โ€œYou have no right to go through my personal diary.โ€

  3. 3

    The right side or direction.

    โ€œThe pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.โ€

  4. 4

    The right hand or fist.

  5. 5

    The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

    โ€œThe political right holds too much power.โ€

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

    ant:left
verb
  1. 1

    To correct.

    โ€œRighting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.โ€

  2. 2

    To set upright.

    โ€œThe tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.โ€

  3. 3

    To return to normal upright position.

    โ€œWhen the wind died down, the ship righted.โ€

  4. 4

    To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

    โ€œto right the oppressedโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/right, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rights