civil rights plural noun

(often with caps) the rights of a citizen to personal freedom, ie political, racial, legal, social, etc

civil-rightsˈ adjective

civil servant noun

A person who works in the civil service, the paid service of the state chiefly in public administration (other than military, naval, legislative and judicial)

civˈil-suited adjective (Milton)

Sombrely clad

civil twilight noun (astronomy)

The interval of time during which the sun is between the horizon and 6º below the horizon, morning and evening

civil union see civil partnership above.

civil war noun

A war between citizens of the same state

civil year see under year

right¹ /rīt/

adjective

1. Straight
2. Direct
3. Perpendicular
4. Forming one-fourth of a revolution
5. With axis perpendicular to base
6. True
7. Genuine
8. Veritable
9. Characteristic
10. Truly judged or judging
11. Appropriate
12. In accordance, or identical, with what is true and fitting
13. Not mistaken
14. Accurate
15. Fit
16. Sound
17. Intended to be exposed (such as a side, eg of cloth)
18. Morally justifiable or incumbent
19. Just
20. In accordance with what should be
21. Equitable
22. Justly to be preferred or commended
23. On, for, or belonging to that side or part of the body, etc which in man has normally the stronger and more skilful hand, opp to left
24. On that side from the point of view of a person looking downstream, a soldier looking at the enemy, a president looking at an assembly, an actor looking at the audience
25. On the east side from the point of view of a person looking north
26. Sitting at the president's right hand (in Continental assemblies)
27. Hence, conservative or inclined towards conservatism, right-wing

adverb

1. Straight
2. Straightway
3. Quite
4. Completely, absolutely
5. Just, exactly
6. In a right manner
7. Justly
8. Correctly
9. Very (archaic and dialect or in special phrases)
10. On or towards the right side

noun

1. That which is right or correct
2. Rightness
3. Fair treatment
4. Equity
5. Truth
6. Justice
7. Just or legal claim
8. What one has a just claim to
9. Due
10. (in pl) a stag's brow, bez and trez antlers (archaic)
11. Territory (Spenser)
12. The right hand
13. The right side
14. A glove, shoe, etc for the right hand, foot, etc
15. A punch with the right hand
16. The region on the right side
17. A right turn
18. The right wing
19. The conservatives

transitive verb

1. To set right
2. To set in order
3. To rectify
4. To redress
5. To vindicate
6. To do justice to
7. To avenge
8. To set right side up or erect

intransitive verb

To recover an erect position

interjection

Expressing agreement, acquiescence or readiness

rightˈable adjective

Capable of being righted

rightˈen transitive verb (archaic)

To set right

rightˈer noun

A person who sets right or redresses wrong

rightˈful adjective

1. Having a just claim
2. According to justice
3. Belonging by right

rightˈfully adverb

rightˈfulness noun

1. Righteousness
2. Justice

rightˈing noun

rightˈish adjective

rightˈism noun

rightˈist adjective and noun

(an adherent) of the political right

rightˈless adjective (Scot)

Without rights

rightˈly adverb

rightˈness noun

rightoˈ or right-ohˈ interjection (informal)

Expressing acquiescence

rightˈward adjective and adverb

1. Towards the right
2. On the right side
3. More right-wing

noun (rare)

The region on the right side

rightˈwardly or rightˈwards adverb

right about noun

The directly opposite quarter (in drill or dismissal; also right about face)

adverb

In the opposite direction

intransitive verb

To turn to face the opposite direction

rightˈ-and-leftˈ adjective

1. Having a right and a left side, part, etc
2. Bilaterally symmetrical
3. On both sides
4. From both barrels

noun

A shot or a blow from each barrel or hand

adverb

1. On both sides
2. On all hands
3. Towards one side, then the other
4. In all directions

right-angˈled adjective

Having a right angle, one equal to a fourth of a revolution

right ascension see under ascend

rightˈ-bank adjective

On the right bank

rightˈ-click intransitive verb

To press and release the right-hand button on a computer mouse

noun

An act of doing this

right-downˈ adjective and adverb

Out-and-out

rightˈ-drawn adjective (Shakespeare)

Drawn in a just cause

rightˈ-field noun

In baseball, the area in the outfield to the right facing from the plate

rightˈ-footˈed adjective

1. Performed with the right foot
2. Having more skill or strength in the right foot

rightˈ-hand adjective

1. On the right side
2. Towards the right
3. Performed with the right hand
4. With thread or strands turning to the right
5. Chiefly relied on (as one's right-hand man)

right-hand drive noun

1. A driving mechanism on the right side of a vehicle which is intended to be driven on the left-hand side of the road
2. A vehicle with a driving mechanism of this type

right-handˈed adjective

1. Using the right hand more easily than the left
2. With or for the right hand
3. With rotation towards the right, or clockwise

adverb

In the manner of a right-handed person

right-handˈedly adverb

right-handˈedness noun

right-handˈer noun

1. A blow with the right hand
2. A right-handed person

right-hand man see right-hand above.

Right Honourable noun and adjective

A title of distinction given to peers below the rank of marquis, to privy councillors, to present and past cabinet ministers, to certain Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts, etc

rightˈ-lined adjective

Rectilinear

right-mindˈed adjective

1. Having a mind disposed towards what is right, just or according to good sense
2. Sane

right-mindˈedness noun

rightˈ-of-cenˈtre adjective

Inclining slightly towards the more conservative policies of a group, party or political system

right of search see under search¹

right-of-wayˈ noun (pl rightˈ-of-waysˈ or rightsˈ-of-wayˈ)

1. A track over which there is a right of way (see below)
2. The strip of land occupied by a railway track, a road, etc (US)

right-onˈ adjective

1. Absolutely correct
2. Trendy, belonging to or in keeping with the latest social, moral, political, etc ideas or fashions

Right Reverend noun and adjective see under revere

rights issue noun (commerce)

An issue of new shares which shareholders of a company may buy, usu below the market price, in proportion to their current holdings

rightˈsize transitive verb (euphemistic)

To adapt (an organization, etc) to an appropriate size, esp by means of redundancies

rightˈ-thinking adjective

1. Of approved opinions
2. Right-minded

right-to-lifeˈ adjective (esp N American)

Same as pro-life (see under pro-¹)

right-to-lifˈer noun (esp N American)

Same as pro-lifer (see under pro-¹)

right triangle noun (N American)

A right-angled triangle

right whale noun

A whale of the genus Balaena or Eubalaena, esp the Greenland whale

right wing noun

1. The political right
2. The wing on the right side of an army, football pitch, etc

rightˈ-wing adjective

1. Of or on the right wing
2. Relating to the political right
3. (having opinions which are) conservative, opposed to socialism, etc

rightˈ-wingˈer noun

1. A player on the right wing
2. A person with right-wing views or who supports the right wing of a party, etc

all right see under all

a right one (informal)

A foolish or eccentric person

at right angles

Forming or in such a way as to form a right angle

bill of rights

(often with caps) an accepted statement of the rights and privileges of the people or of individuals, which the government or state must not infringe (eg that embodied in the Bill of Rights, 1689, or in the US Constitution)

by rights or (formerly right)

1. Rightfully
2. If all were right

civil rights see under civil

do someone right or do right by someone

1. To do someone justice
2. To keep pace with someone in drinking
3. To drink someone's health

have a right (or no right)

1. To be entitled (or not entitled)
2. To be under a moral obligation (or no obligation) (non-standard or dialect)

have right (archaic)

To be right

in one's own right

1. By absolute and personal right, not through another
2. By one's own abilities, etc, not through connection with another

in one's right mind

Quite sane

in right of

1. By virtue of
2. By title vested in

in the right

1. Right
2. Maintaining a justifiable position

put or set to rights

1. To set in order
2. To correct

right as a trivet see under trivet

right as rain see under rain¹

right away

1. Straightaway, immediately
2. Without delay

right down or right enough

Plainly

right, left and centre same as left, right and centre (see under left¹).

right of common (law)

A right to take something from, or pasture animals on, the land of another

right of entry

A legal right to enter a place

right off

Without delay

right of way

The right of the public to pass over a piece of ground (see also right-of-way above)

right on (US)

An exclamation expressing enthusiastic agreement or approval (see also right-on above)

right out (Shakespeare)

Outright

right the helm

To put it amidships, in a line with the keel

send, etc to the right about (informal)

To dismiss summarily, or force to retreat

she'll be right (Aust)

An expression of assurance or confidence