Roget's Thesaurus

#924. Dueness

Nouns

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.

Verbs

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.

Adjectives

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 regle [Fr.], 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 regles [Fr.].

Adverbs

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

Phrases

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