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rightful(dictionary)

rightful (iou)



rightful adjective. LOE.
[from RIGHT noun1 + -FUL.]
= RIGHTEOUS adjective 1. LOE-E19.
Of an action etc.: in conformity with what is right or just; equitable, thoroughly fair. ME.
Having a legal or morally just claim; legitimately claimed; lawful. ME.
Milton Every Soule in Heav'n Shall..Confess him rightful King. Ld Macaulay An innocent boy,..kept out of his rightful inheritance.
Proper, fitting, appropriate; correct. ME.
M. Amis A certain toy..abducted from its rightful nook.
rightfully adverb ME.
rightfulness noun ME.