Right
Definition of Right
Pronunciation: rīt | a. | 1. | Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. | | 2. | Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone. | | 2. | Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford. | | 3. | Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true. | | 5. | Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. | | 6. | According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith. | | 7. | Most favorable or convenient; fortunate. | | 8. | Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; - opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals. | | 9. | Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done. | | 10. | Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.| Right line | | See under Line. |
| | adv. | 1. | In a right manner. | | 2. | In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. | | 3. | Exactly; just. | | 4. | According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right. | | 5. | According to any rule of art; correctly. | | 6. | According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. | | 7. | In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. | | n. | 1. | That which is right or correct. | | 2. | A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. | | 2. | That to which one has a just claim. | | 3. | That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. | | 3. | The right side; the side opposite to the left. | | 4. | Privilege or immunity granted by authority. | | 4. | In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5. | | 5. | The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. | | v. t. | 1. | To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct. | | 2. | To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate. | | v. i. | 1. | To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright. | | 2. | (Naut.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening. |
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