dueness

Roget category 924

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

#924. Dueness

noun

due, dueness — right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright.
immunity, license, liberty, franchise — vested interest, vested right.
sanction, authority, warranty, charter — warrant etc. (permission) 760 — constitution etc. (law) 963 — tenure — bond etc. (security) 771.
claimant, appellant — plaintiff etc. 938.

verb

be due etc. adj.. to, be the due etc. n.. of — have right to, have title to, have claim to — be entitled to — have a claim upon — belong to etc. (property) 780.
deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve.
demand, claim — call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for — revendicate^†, reclaim — exact — insist on, insist upon — challenge — take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good — substantiate — vindicate a claim, vindicate a right — fit for, qualify for — make out a case.
give a right, confer a right — entitle — authorize etc. 760 — sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot.
give every one his due etc. 922 — pay one's dues — have one's due, have one's rights.
use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.

adjective

having a right to etc. v. — entitled to — claiming — deserving, meriting, worthy of.
privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized — ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised.
prescriptive, presumptive — absolute, indefeasible — unalienable, inalienable — imprescriptible^†, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged — sacrosanct.
due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved.
allowable etc. (permitted) 760 — lawful, licit, legitimate, legal — legalized etc. (law) 963.
square, unexceptionable, right — equitable etc. 922 — due, en r gle — fit, fitting — correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly — decorous — creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet — just the thing, quite the thing — selon les r gles [Fr.].

adverb

duly, ex officio, de jure [Lat.] — by right, by divine right — jure divino [Lat.], Dei gratia [Lat.], in the name of.

phrase

civis Romanus sum [Lat.] [Cicero]; +a chaque saint sa chandelle [Fr.].

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