Roget's Thesaurus

#922. Right

Nouns

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.

Verbs

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.

Adjectives

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.

Adverbs

rightly etc. adj.; 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.

Interjections

all right!, fair's fair.

Phrases

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 just [Henry VI].