rights

Noun

right (plural rights)

1. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
   • We're on the side of right in this contest.
2. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
   • You have no right to go through my personal diary.
3. The right side or direction.
   • The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.

   Synonyms:

   starboard, 3 o'clock

4. The right hand or fist.
   • "Before he could strike again, however, I got in my right, and he was sprawling on his back on the floor."1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 129
5. The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
6. The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
   • The political right holds too much power.

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