right

Roget category 922

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.1. Moral obligations

#922. Right

noun

right — what ought to be, what should be — fitness etc. adj. — summum jus [Lat.].
justice, equity — equitableness etc. adj. — propriety — fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis [Lat.].
Astraea^†, Nemesis, Themis.
scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma — suum cuique [Lat.] — clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field.
morals etc. (duty) 926 — law etc. 963 — honor etc. (probity) 939 — virtue etc. 944.

verb

be right etc. adj. — stand to reason.
see justice done, see one righted, see fair play — do justice to — recompense etc. (reward) 973 — bold the scales even, give and take — serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse — give every one his due, give the devil his due — audire alteram partem [Lat.].
deserve etc. (be entitled to) 924.

adjective

right, good — just, reasonable — fit etc. 924 — equal, equable, equatable^† — evenhanded, fair.
legitimate, justifiable, rightful — as it should be, as it ought to be — lawful etc. (permitted) 760, (legal) 963.
deserved etc. 924.

adverb

rightly etc. adj. — +a bon droit [Fr.], au bon droit [Fr.], in justice, in equity, in reason.
without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons — upon even terms.

interjection

all right!, fair's fair.

phrase

Dieu et mon droit [Fr.] — in equal scale weighing delight and dole" [Hamlet]; justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Lat.] [Cicero]; justitiae soror incorrupta fides [Lat.] — justitia virtutem regina [Lat.] — thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just" [Henry VI].

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