RIGHT
verb
Definitions
- 1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
- 2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate. So just is God, to right the innocent. Shak. All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Jefferson. To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening. -- To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
RIGHT
(adjective)
1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. "Right as any line." Chaucer
2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; ...
RIGHT
(adverb)
1. In a right manner.
2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to...
RIGHT
(noun)
1. That which is right or correct. Specifically:
2. The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom f...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
