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rightless, a.|ˈraɪtlɪs|
[f. right n.1 + -less. Cf. MDu. rechteloos, MHG. reht(e)lôs (G. rechtlos).]
†1. Wrongful, lawless. Obs.
1596Dorrell in Willobie's Avisa Apol. K 4 It any..continue the errour of their vnsatisfied minds they must for euer rest in the rightlesse erring. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage ix. iv. (1614) 837 Howsoeuer they exercise..mutuall disagreements, yet agree in like barbarous and rightlesse Rites. a1618Sylvester Job Triumphant iii. 555 If Tithe-lesse, Taxe-lesse, Wage-lesse, Right-lesse, I Have eat the Crop, or caused the Owners dye.
2. Devoid or deprived of rights.
1823Scott Quentin D. xxii, For this thou..hast deserved to be declared outlawed and fugitive, landless and rightless. 1897Maitland Domesday & Beyond 42 One may be born to serve without being born rightless.
Hence ˈrightlessness.
189519th Cent. Jan. 57 It is ordinarily assumed that the social and legal position under Islam is one of extreme degradation and absolute rightlessness. |