rightingn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈraɪdɪŋ/

Forms: see right v. and -ing suffix¹; also Old English rihttinc, Old English rihtting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: right v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < right v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1. The action of making something straight. Obsolete. rare. righting-thread n. a plumb line.

ΚΠ

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 153 Perpendiculum, wealles rihtingþræd.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 295 (MED) Þis arowe ouȝte..be so myche ouer bowid into þe contrarie side how myche availiþ into þe seid riȝting of þe same arowe, sauyng alwey his substaunce fro breking.

†2. The action of directing or guiding a person in spiritual matters; moral or spiritual correction or amendment. Also: a just ordinance; a direction, a commandment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance

wissingc1000

rightingOE

guidance?1548

guide1568

guidementa1578

aim1597

chalking1613

sterning1638

light or leading1644

pilotry1842

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xxxvii. 61 Þeahhweþere ne scylen hy beon butan regole, þæt is lifes rihtinge.

OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 487 Þeah ðe hi sume noldon of ðam Iudeiscum his lare underfon, ne his geseðnysse, him sylfum to rihtinge.

OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 74 Is swa þeah god weorc.., þonne mann wisdom sprecð manegum to þearfe & to rihtinge.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxviii. 80 (MED) Be myn hert made vnfiled..in þy riȝtinges [L. justificationibus], þat ich ne be nouȝt confounded.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xcviii. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 231 Þou graiþed rightinges [a1382 E. V. riȝtforth reulingis; L. directiones]; dome nou And rightwisnes in Iacob made þou.

?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xxxiv. f. 111^v Þe riȝtynge of a synfull soule þurȝ forgifnes of synnes is arettid..principally to þe wrikynge of þe holy gost.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxviii. §7. 411 In rightynge of hert i sall shrife til the, in that that i hafe lerid þe domes of thi rightwisnes.

1609 A. Hildersam Doctr. communicating worthily in Lords Supper 109 in W. Bradshaw Direct. for Weaker Sort of Christians We haue vsed this ordinarie meanes that the Lord hath giuen vs for the righting of our selues.

1681 in A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 553/2 Leave the righting of my wrongs to God Almighty.

1842 Ladies' Repository Aug. 230/2 Our aberrations are our own..the righting of them is of God.

a. The action of correcting something; correction, amendment; the action of setting something right; esp. the redressing of wrongs, injuries, etc.In quot. c1425: remedy, cure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun]

rightingOE

mendmentc1300

amendment1340

correction1340

amendinga1382

mendinga1400

rectificationa1400

mendnessa1425

redress1448

addressment1481

redressa1529

remedying1547

redub1549

restauration1560

correcting1580

rightening1583

emendation1586

restitution1636

cure1675

reform1700

readjustment1749

remediation1794

redressal1800

redressment1822

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss

rightingOE

amendsa1393

restitution1395

reformation1405

reparation1405

redress1448

restaurationa1513

reparating1517

dress1549

refoundiment1555

reparelment1584

resarciation?1609

repair1612

redressment1643

retrievinga1680

redressing1712

OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 75 Bisceopes dægweorc, ðæt bið mid rihte his gebedu ærest and ðonne his bocweorc, ræding oððon rihting [L. libros corrigentes], lar oððon leornung.

lOE Will of Ordnoð & his Wife (Sawyer 1524) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 16 On þa gerad, þæt seo boc heam sy geara gyf hy hyre hwer beþurfan to ænire rihtinge.

c1425 Evangelie (Bodl. Add.) l. 985 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 590 (MED) Som him folwed for her fode, Som of her sekenes to haue rightyng.

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 70 (MED) Vnto a-noþer thyng it [sc. justice] is correccion of wronge and rightyng of weightes.

1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. To Rdr. The Lawis..ar the..decreit of wyse men, the amending and rychting of forthocht and suddane faultis.

1624 S. Ward Peace-offering 44 A righting of what Popery hath wronged, a Restitution of what Religion first consecrated, Superstition misplaced, couetousnesse wholly alienated and impropriated.

1667 J. Tombes Theodulia 21 The reconciling of particular differences, and righting of wrongs.

1710 tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Controv. Resistance & Non-resistance 92 He [sc. Junius Brutus]..neither trusted the People nor the Senate, but oblig'd them both to leave the Righting of their Wrongs to him.

1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. iv. 150 How divinely superior was our Hero of the Mancha! who went about righting of Wrongs, and redressing of Injuries.

1833 L. L. Da Ponte Hist. Florentine Republic I. 61 Their fundamental principle of association was the righting of injury and the establishment of peace.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 136 ‘What a sublime conception is that of a last judgement!’ said he,—‘a righting of all the wrongs of ages!’

1882 A. Phelps Men & Bks. 34 It should set a preacher to searching for the facts, and to the righting of errors.

1961 C. P. Romulo I walked with Heroes ii. 31 He helped in an unremitting campaign for the righting of this injustice.

1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) v. 66 He applied himself to the righting of a wrong impression much as he might have corrected a legal document.

2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare vi. 125 The role of the white man, Kipling wrote, was ‘freedom’—the righting of wrongs and failing freedom, war.

2006 Media Rev. 16 26/2 Sub-editors or copy editors who constitute the last line of defence as far as the righting of errors in the media is concerned.

†b. The action of doing justice or making reparations to a person or group of people, or of restoring them to their rightful status; vindication. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun]

justifyinga1382

righteousing?a1450

righteous-making1535

inrighteousing1587

righting1603

legitimating1606

1603 W. Clark Replie Libell Father Parsons f. 41^v The defendants may iustly by force of armes keepe, & defend themselues..their liberties and country beeing more deere vnto them, then the righting of any particuler parson.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Iustice Jurisdiction vsurped by diuers Lords..for the righting of themselues in the recouerie of duties withheld from them.

1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 81 For concluding of this point concerning the righting of Sheriffes.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. v. 38 Prefer not the righting of your selves before the winning of him by Love.

1831 E. Irving Expos. Rev. I. 64 The judging, righting, and rewarding of his servants the prophets, the saints, and them that fear his name.

1890 J. G. Whittier Poet. Wks. (1894) 301 The righting of the wronged and poor, The man evolving from the slave.

†4. The action of making good or repairing something; an instance of this. Also with up. Cf. right v. 11c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun]

dighting1340

repairinga1387

mending1402

reparellingc1410

reparation?a1425

beeting1517

reparationing1536

remending1537

righting1615–16

fixing up1769

servicing1918

?1492 tr. Raymond of Capua Lyf St. Katherin of Senis (de Worde) ii. ii. sig. ev ^v/1 Yf her moder hadde put neuer so lytyll more strengthe than she dyde to ryghting of her necke as she was aboute she shold haue broken her necke.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xi. 59 Framing of the childes voice, or for the righting of his finger.

1615–16 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 166 Righting vpp of two pewes for Joyners worke and nayells, 4s.

1633 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar Accts. Masters of Wks. (1982) II. 369 For..richting of the wall bukkat.

1644 Accts. Tulliallan Coal Wks. (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 100b For richting of Johne Bathok hond.

5. Restoration or return of a ship, etc., to the proper, upright, or vertical position. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive. Cf. self-righting n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > righting itself

righting1766

self-righting1841

1766 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. (at cited word) Righting of a ship, amongst seaman, the act of raising or erecting her after she had inclined to one side, on a careen or otherwise.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Righting, the act of restoring a ship to her upright position, after she has been laid on a careen.

1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 76 The sails may be trimmed to help her in righting.

1869 Daily News 16 Dec. Cavour..had the greatest confidence in what we may call the ‘righting power’ of the Italian intelligence.

1885 Athenæum Mar. 411/1 The maximum stability of the Captain is attained at an angle of 21°, where the righting lever is only 10¾ inches.

1920 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God 85 In the righting reactions of the star-fish, the initial movement of each single arm is determined in the first instance separately by external stimuli.

1968 Brain 91 397 The general principles underlying the organization of the ‘acceleratory’, ‘positional’ and ‘righting’ reflexes which govern the orientation of the head and eyes in relation to the body.

2003 D. Madsen Resurrection iv. 84 None could be spared for what was obviously going to be a very costly and time-consuming righting and refloating job.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	righting
释义	rightingn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈraɪdɪŋ/ Forms: see right v. and -ing suffix¹; also Old English rihttinc, Old English rihtting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: right v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < right v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. The action of making something straight. Obsolete. rare. righting-thread n. a plumb line. ΚΠ OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 153 Perpendiculum, wealles rihtingþræd. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 295 (MED) Þis arowe ouȝte..be so myche ouer bowid into þe contrarie side how myche availiþ into þe seid riȝting of þe same arowe, sauyng alwey his substaunce fro breking. †2. The action of directing or guiding a person in spiritual matters; moral or spiritual correction or amendment. Also: a just ordinance; a direction, a commandment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance wissingc1000 rightingOE guidance?1548 guide1568 guidementa1578 aim1597 chalking1613 sterning1638 light or leading1644 pilotry1842 OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xxxvii. 61 Þeahhweþere ne scylen hy beon butan regole, þæt is lifes rihtinge. OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 487 Þeah ðe hi sume noldon of ðam Iudeiscum his lare underfon, ne his geseðnysse, him sylfum to rihtinge. OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 74 Is swa þeah god weorc.., þonne mann wisdom sprecð manegum to þearfe & to rihtinge. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxviii. 80 (MED) Be myn hert made vnfiled..in þy riȝtinges [L. justificationibus], þat ich ne be nouȝt confounded. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xcviii. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 231 Þou graiþed rightinges [a1382 E. V. riȝtforth reulingis; L. directiones]; dome nou And rightwisnes in Iacob made þou. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xxxiv. f. 111^v Þe riȝtynge of a synfull soule þurȝ forgifnes of synnes is arettid..principally to þe wrikynge of þe holy gost. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxviii. §7. 411 In rightynge of hert i sall shrife til the, in that that i hafe lerid þe domes of thi rightwisnes. 1609 A. Hildersam Doctr. communicating worthily in Lords Supper 109 in W. Bradshaw Direct. for Weaker Sort of Christians We haue vsed this ordinarie meanes that the Lord hath giuen vs for the righting of our selues. 1681 in A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 553/2 Leave the righting of my wrongs to God Almighty. 1842 Ladies' Repository Aug. 230/2 Our aberrations are our own..the righting of them is of God. 3. a. The action of correcting something; correction, amendment; the action of setting something right; esp. the redressing of wrongs, injuries, etc.In quot. c1425: remedy, cure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] rightingOE mendmentc1300 amendment1340 correction1340 amendinga1382 mendinga1400 rectificationa1400 mendnessa1425 redress1448 addressment1481 redressa1529 remedying1547 redub1549 restauration1560 correcting1580 rightening1583 emendation1586 restitution1636 cure1675 reform1700 readjustment1749 remediation1794 redressal1800 redressment1822 the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss rightingOE amendsa1393 restitution1395 reformation1405 reparation1405 redress1448 restaurationa1513 reparating1517 dress1549 refoundiment1555 reparelment1584 resarciation?1609 repair1612 redressment1643 retrievinga1680 redressing1712 OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 75 Bisceopes dægweorc, ðæt bið mid rihte his gebedu ærest and ðonne his bocweorc, ræding oððon rihting [L. libros corrigentes], lar oððon leornung. lOE Will of Ordnoð & his Wife (Sawyer 1524) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 16 On þa gerad, þæt seo boc heam sy geara gyf hy hyre hwer beþurfan to ænire rihtinge. c1425 Evangelie (Bodl. Add.) l. 985 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 590 (MED) Som him folwed for her fode, Som of her sekenes to haue rightyng. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 70 (MED) Vnto a-noþer thyng it [sc. justice] is correccion of wronge and rightyng of weightes. 1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. To Rdr. The Lawis..ar the..decreit of wyse men, the amending and rychting of forthocht and suddane faultis. 1624 S. Ward Peace-offering 44 A righting of what Popery hath wronged, a Restitution of what Religion first consecrated, Superstition misplaced, couetousnesse wholly alienated and impropriated. 1667 J. Tombes Theodulia 21 The reconciling of particular differences, and righting of wrongs. 1710 tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Controv. Resistance & Non-resistance 92 He [sc. Junius Brutus]..neither trusted the People nor the Senate, but oblig'd them both to leave the Righting of their Wrongs to him. 1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. iv. 150 How divinely superior was our Hero of the Mancha! who went about righting of Wrongs, and redressing of Injuries. 1833 L. L. Da Ponte Hist. Florentine Republic I. 61 Their fundamental principle of association was the righting of injury and the establishment of peace. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 136 ‘What a sublime conception is that of a last judgement!’ said he,—‘a righting of all the wrongs of ages!’ 1882 A. Phelps Men & Bks. 34 It should set a preacher to searching for the facts, and to the righting of errors. 1961 C. P. Romulo I walked with Heroes ii. 31 He helped in an unremitting campaign for the righting of this injustice. 1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) v. 66 He applied himself to the righting of a wrong impression much as he might have corrected a legal document. 2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare vi. 125 The role of the white man, Kipling wrote, was ‘freedom’—the righting of wrongs and failing freedom, war. 2006 Media Rev. 16 26/2 Sub-editors or copy editors who constitute the last line of defence as far as the righting of errors in the media is concerned. †b. The action of doing justice or making reparations to a person or group of people, or of restoring them to their rightful status; vindication. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] justifyinga1382 righteousing?a1450 righteous-making1535 inrighteousing1587 righting1603 legitimating1606 1603 W. Clark Replie Libell Father Parsons f. 41^v The defendants may iustly by force of armes keepe, & defend themselues..their liberties and country beeing more deere vnto them, then the righting of any particuler parson. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Iustice Jurisdiction vsurped by diuers Lords..for the righting of themselues in the recouerie of duties withheld from them. 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 81 For concluding of this point concerning the righting of Sheriffes. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. v. 38 Prefer not the righting of your selves before the winning of him by Love. 1831 E. Irving Expos. Rev. I. 64 The judging, righting, and rewarding of his servants the prophets, the saints, and them that fear his name. 1890 J. G. Whittier Poet. Wks. (1894) 301 The righting of the wronged and poor, The man evolving from the slave. †4. The action of making good or repairing something; an instance of this. Also with up. Cf. right v. 11c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] dighting1340 repairinga1387 mending1402 reparellingc1410 reparation?a1425 beeting1517 reparationing1536 remending1537 righting1615–16 fixing up1769 servicing1918 ?1492 tr. Raymond of Capua Lyf St. Katherin of Senis (de Worde) ii. ii. sig. ev ^v/1 Yf her moder hadde put neuer so lytyll more strengthe than she dyde to ryghting of her necke as she was aboute she shold haue broken her necke. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xi. 59 Framing of the childes voice, or for the righting of his finger. 1615–16 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 166 Righting vpp of two pewes for Joyners worke and nayells, 4s. 1633 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar Accts. Masters of Wks. (1982) II. 369 For..richting of the wall bukkat. 1644 Accts. Tulliallan Coal Wks. (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 100b For richting of Johne Bathok hond. 5. Restoration or return of a ship, etc., to the proper, upright, or vertical position. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive. Cf. self-righting n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > righting itself righting1766 self-righting1841 1766 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. (at cited word) Righting of a ship, amongst seaman, the act of raising or erecting her after she had inclined to one side, on a careen or otherwise. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Righting, the act of restoring a ship to her upright position, after she has been laid on a careen. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 76 The sails may be trimmed to help her in righting. 1869 Daily News 16 Dec. Cavour..had the greatest confidence in what we may call the ‘righting power’ of the Italian intelligence. 1885 Athenæum Mar. 411/1 The maximum stability of the Captain is attained at an angle of 21°, where the righting lever is only 10¾ inches. 1920 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God 85 In the righting reactions of the star-fish, the initial movement of each single arm is determined in the first instance separately by external stimuli. 1968 Brain 91 397 The general principles underlying the organization of the ‘acceleratory’, ‘positional’ and ‘righting’ reflexes which govern the orientation of the head and eyes in relation to the body. 2003 D. Madsen Resurrection iv. 84 None could be spared for what was obviously going to be a very costly and time-consuming righting and refloating job. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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