n.
Function: noun
1 qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval FF1C; the right is not all on one side FF1E;
Synonyms: good, straight
Related Words: correctitude, correctness, properness, propriety, rightness
Contrasted Words: debt, sin, wickedness; improperness, impropriety, incorrectness, unrightness
Antonyms: unright, wrong
2 something to which one has a just claim FF1C; the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness FF1E;
Synonyms: appanage, birthright, perquisite, prerogative, privilege
Related Words: claim, interest, title; freedom, liberty, license
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rights plural
Synonyms: DUE 1, comeuppance, desert(s), deserving, lumps, merit
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Synonyms: DIEHARD 1, bitter-ender, conservative, fundamentalist, old liner, rightist, right-winger, standpat, standpatter, tory
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Synonyms: OBLIGATION 2, charge, commitment, committal, devoir, duty, must, need, ought
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Synonyms: EXCUSE 1, alibi, plea, pretext