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单词 rightful
释义

rightful

adjective

right·​ful ˈrīt-fəl How to pronounce rightful (audio)
1
: just, equitable
2
a
: having a just or legally established claim : legitimate
the rightful owner
b
: held by right or just claim : legal
rightful authority
3
: proper, fitting
assured of his rightful place in history Brian Duff
rightfully
ˈrīt-fə-lē How to pronounce rightful (audio)
adverb
rightfulness noun

Synonyms

  • competent
  • condign
  • deserved
  • due
  • fair
  • just
  • justified
  • merited
  • right
  • warranted
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Example Sentences

The property should be returned to its rightful owner. He will be given his rightful place in the history books.
Recent Examples on the Web Declare the rightful winner or, and this would be the minimal solution, declare the 2020 Election irreparably compromised and have a new Election, immediately! Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2022 Yankee fans on Twitter have no problem declaring Judge the rightful winner. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Grant invoked those powers to prevent white supremacists in Louisiana, where a former Confederate soldier candidate lost the governor’s race, from violently preventing the rightful winner, a Reconstruction Republican, from taking office. Maya Wiley, The New Republic, 2 May 2022 Either of the two feels like the rightful winner, as both have succeeded this season for reasons eerily similar and vastly different. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2022 The fact that Joe Biden is the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election is not in dispute. Chris Lehman | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2022 Moot argued that Talley was the rightful winner of the 2021 contract when the scores were changed, and that rigging the qualifications for the 2022 contract to favor RCS made that award void. Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022 The order also objects to Williams’ contention that Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 election won by Biden. Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2022 Trump’s insistence on promoting an evidence-free and thoroughly debunked argument that the 2020 election was rigged and that he should have been granted a second term as the rightful winner. Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

rightful

adjective

right·​ful ˈrīt-fəl How to pronounce rightful (audio)
: lawful sense 2, proper
… Grace had convinced herself that she was the rightful heir. Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

rightful

adjective

as in deserved
being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong in light of her admission of having lied, the only rightful course of action for the governor would be to resign

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deserved
  • justified
  • legitimate
  • right
  • proper
  • legal
  • appropriate
  • competent
  • suitable
  • due
  • fair
  • condign
  • warranted
  • lawful
  • merited
  • just
  • equitable
  • correct
  • requisite
  • fitting
  • apt
  • true
  • applicable
  • meet
  • accurate
  • strict
  • fit
  • impartial
  • uncompromising
  • stringent
  • square
  • rhadamanthine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unfair
  • unjust
  • unwarranted
  • undeserved
  • unjustified
  • undue
  • improper
  • irrelevant
  • unreasonable
  • unsuitable
  • inappropriate
  • unjustifiable
  • unequal
  • partial
  • incorrect
  • unmerited
  • indefensible
  • incoherent
  • inapplicable
  • inequitable
  • irrelative
  • arbitrary
  • unlawful
  • biased
  • despotic
  • illegitimate
  • inapt
  • inapposite
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