righted

Verb

right (third-person singular simple present rights, present participle righting, simple past and past participle righted)

1. (transitive) To correct.
   • Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
2. (transitive) To set upright.
   • The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
3. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
   • When the wind died down, the ship righted.
4. (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
   • to right the oppressed

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