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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right riht, AS riht; akin to D. regt, OS & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw r["a]tt, Icel. r["e]ttr, Goth. ra['i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule cf Skr. [.r]ju straight, right [root]115. Cf {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress}, {Regular}, {Rector}, {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region}, {Realm}, {Rich}, {Royal}, {Rule}.] 1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as a right line ``Right as any line.'' --Chaucer 2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as right ascension; a right pyramid or cone. 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. That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right and is called right simply without relation to a special end --Whately. 2. Fit suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as the right man in the right place the right way from London to Oxford. 5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. ``His right wife.'' --Chaucer. In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians. --Milton. 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. You are right Justice, and you weigh this well --Shak. If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right ``Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.'' --Locke. 7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate. The lady has been disappointed on the right side --Spectator. 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. Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand. --Longfellow. Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used always with reference to the position of one who is facing in the direction of the current's flow. 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. {At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly. {Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.] {Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw, respectivelly. {Right angle}. a The angle formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC. b (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the axes of two great circles whose planes are perpendicular to each other {Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}. {Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on political questions. See {Center}, n., 5. {Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base. {Right line}. See under {Line}. {Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude, but not both --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in spherical projections, that position of the sphere in which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator. Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right what you say is right true. ``Right,'' cries his lordship. --Pope. Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful; rightful; true; correct; just equitable; proper; suitable; becoming. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Right \Right\, 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. Unto Dian's temple goeth she right --Chaucer. Let thine eyes look right on --Prov. iv 25. Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold. --Tennyson. 3. Exactly; just [Obs. or Colloq.] Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak. 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. You with strict discipline instructed right --Roscommon. 6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as to tell a story right ``Right at mine own cost.'' --Chaucer. Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye --Chaucer. His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. --Fairfax. 7. In a great degree; very wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as right humble; right noble; right valiant. ``He was not right fat''. --Chaucer. For which I should be right sorry. --Tyndale. [I] return those duties back as are right fit --Shak. Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as right honorable; right reverend. {Right honorable}, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Right \Right\, n. [AS. right See {Right}, a.] 1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: a The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong b A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right --Prior. c A just judgment or action that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right --Dryden. 2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: a That which one has a natural claim to exact. There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. --Coleridge. b 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. c That which justly belongs to one that which one has a claim to possess or own the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. Born free he sought his right --Dryden. Hast thou not right to all created things? --Milton. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke. d Privilege or immunity granted by authority. 3. The right side the side opposite to the left Led her to the Souldan's right --Spenser. 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 {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself See under {Bill}. {By right}, {By rights}, or {By good rights}, rightly; properly; correctly. He should himself use it by right --Chaucer. I should have been a woman by right --Shak. {Divine right}, or {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. {To rights}. a In a direct line straight. [R.] --Woodward. b At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift. {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order to adjust to regulate, as what is out of order {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. --Blackstone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Right \Right\, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Righted}; p. pr & vb n. {Righting}.] [AS. rihtan See {Right}, a.] 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. So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak. All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. --Jefferson. {To right a vessel} (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening. {To right the helm} (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: right adj 1: 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"; on the right when facing downstream; "the right bank of the river" [ant: {left}] 2: 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" [syn: {correct}] [ant: {incorrect}, {incorrect}] 3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: {correct}] 4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" [ant: {wrong}] 5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn: {correct}] [ant: {wrong}] 6: appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" [syn: {proper}, {suitable}] 7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant: {left}, {center}] 8: on the right-hand side of a vessel or aircraft when facing forward; "the starboard side" [syn: {starboard}] [ant: {port}] 9: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right" 10: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: {right(a)}, {right-hand(a)}] 11: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" [syn: {correct}] 12: (geometry) having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle" 13: of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" [syn: {right(a)}] 14: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: {good}, {ripe}] n 1: 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, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "it is his right to say what he pleases" 2: 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" [ant: {left}] 3: the part of the outfield on the catcher's right [syn: {rightfield}] 4: the conservative faction of a political party [syn: {right wing}] 5: 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" [syn: {right hand}] 6: a turn to the right "take a right at the corner" 7: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn: {rightfulness}] [ant: {wrong}, {wrong}] 8: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing: "mineral rights"; "film rights" adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!" 2: immediately; "she called right after dinner" 3: (informal) exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: {flop}] 4: toward or on the right "he looked right and left"; also figuratively; "the party has moved right" [ant: {left}] 5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!" "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: {properly}, {decently}, {decent}, {in good order}, {the right way}] [ant: {improperly}] 6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: {right on}] 7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" 8: (Southern regional intensive) very "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place" [syn: {mighty}, {powerful}] 9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" [syn: {justly}] 10: in a correct manner; "he guessed right" [syn: {correctly}, {aright}] [ant: {incorrectly}, {incorrectly}] v 1: make reparations or amends for "right a wrong" [syn: {compensate}, {redress}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}] 2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" 3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again" 4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes" [syn: {correct}] [ant: {falsify}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RIGHT n. Legitimate authority to be to do or to have as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like The first of these rights was once universally believed to be derived directly from the will of God; and this is still sometimes affirmed _in partibus infidelium_ outside the enlightened realms of Democracy; as the well known lines of Sir Abednego Bink, following: By what right then, do royal rulers rule? Whose is the sanction of their state and pow'r? He surely were as stubborn as a mule Who God unwilling, could maintain an hour His uninvited session on the throne, or air His pride securely in the Presidential chair. Whatever is is so by Right Divine; Whate'er occurs, God wills it so Good land! It were a wondrous thing if His design A fool could baffle or a rogue withstand! If so then God, I say (intending no offence) Is guilty of contributory negligence.
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