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    • right :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|Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people|a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away

    • right :make reparations or amends for
      • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

    • right :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|the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream

    • right :precisely, exactly
      • stand right here!

    • right :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

    • right :put in or restore to an upright position
      • They righted the sailboat that had capsized

    • right :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

    • right :immediately
      • she called right after dinner

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