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rightship

rightship noun: the quality of being right, just, or reasonable; justice, truth; dependence, trustworthiness; reasonableness.

Noun

rightship (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, rare) The quality of being right, just, or reasonable; justice, truth; dependence, trustworthiness; reasonableness.
    • There's no rightship in so much fighting over nothing but what's fair.1899, Walter Raymond, Two men O' Mendip
    • He spoke with firm conviction, as if the rightship of this to any English understanding must be beyond doubt.1899, Jerome Klapka Jerome, Robert Barr, The Idler Magazine, volume 15, page 53

Origin of rightship

From right + -ship.

Questions about rightship

What does rightship mean?
Rightship means the quality of being right, just, or reasonable; justice, truth; dependence, trustworthiness; reasonableness.
What part of speech is rightship?
Rightship is a noun.

Words near rightship in the dictionary

  1. rights to remain silent
  2. rights to silence
  3. rights to work
  4. rights, titles and interests
  5. rights-of-way
  6. rightship
  7. rightsholder
  8. rightsholders
  9. rightsholding
  10. rightshoring
  11. rightside

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