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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Righting.] [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
   1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
      set upright; to make right or straight (that which has
      been wrong or crooked); to correct.
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   2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
      to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the
      oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
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            So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
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            All experience hath shown that mankind are more
            disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than
            to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which
            they are accustomed.                  --Jefferson.
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   To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright
      position after careening.

   To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the
      keel.
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