Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.
To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).
To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.
To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; - said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.
Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.
Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; - opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals.
Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.
Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.
In a right manner.
In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.
Exactly; just.
According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
According to any rule of art; correctly.
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
That which is right or correct.
A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
That to which one has a just claim.
That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal.
The right side; the side opposite to the left.
Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.
The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
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.
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.
To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.
Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.
