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righting

righting is the present participle and gerund of right.

Noun

righting (plural rightings)

  1. The act of putting something right.
    • the rightings of social wrongs
  2. The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or inverted orientation.
    • the righting of an overturned car

Meaning of right

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

See all 41 meanings of right

Forms of righting

pluralrightings

Words formed from righting

Phrases with righting

Questions about righting

What does righting mean?
Righting means the act of putting something right.
What is righting the present participle and gerund of?
Righting is the present participle and gerund of right.
What part of speech is righting?
Righting is a noun.
What is the plural of righting?
The plural of righting is rightings.

Words near righting in the dictionary

  1. righties
  2. rightified
  3. rightifies
  4. rightify
  5. rightifying
  6. righting
  7. righting arm
  8. righting arms
  9. righting the ship
  10. rightings
  11. rightio

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