1. (noun)right 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"
2. (noun)right 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"
3. (noun)right field, rightfield, right the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
4. (noun)right, right wing those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
5. (noun)right, right hand 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"
6. (noun)right 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"
7. (noun)right, rightfulness anything in accord with principles of justice
"he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
8. (noun)right (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing "mineral rights"; "film rights"
9. (adj)right 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"
10. (adj)correct, right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
"the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
11. (adj)correct, right socially right or correct
"it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
13. (adj)right, correct correct in opinion or judgment "time proved him right"
14. (adj)proper, right appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
"everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
20. (adj)right(a) (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"
21. (adj)good, right, ripe most suitable or right for a particularpurpose "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
22. (adj)veracious, right precisely accurate
"a veracious account"
23. (verb)right, compensate, redress, correct make reparations or amends for
"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
24. (verb)right put in or restore to an uprightposition "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
25. (verb)right regain an upright or proper position "The capsized boat righted again"
26. (verb)correct, rectify, right makeright or correct
"Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
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