rights
Freedoms people deserve
Rights are entitlements—things you're allowed to do, have, or expect.
Legal rights are guaranteed by law: the right to a fair trial, voting rights.
Human rights are considered universal: freedom of speech, freedom from torture.
Civil rights concern equal treatment regardless of race, sex, or other characteristics.
To read someone their rights is to inform an arrested person of their legal protections.
Rights also refers to ownership interests: film rights, mineral rights.
To rights something is to correct or restore it: She righted the overturned chair.
Absence of constraint
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- equalitySame status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
- dignityInnate personal worth
expression · assembly · speech · protest · petition · association · privacy · non-discrimination
Not artificially produced
- inherentExisting as essential part
- God-givenInherent by divine origin
- inalienableIncapable of being surrendered
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
conscience · autonomy · consent · duty · reciprocity · principle · ethics · virtue
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
claim · litigation · jurisprudence · amendment · tort · plaintiff · defendant · injunction
Affecting all equally
- declarationFormal public announcement
- dignityInnate personal worth
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- UNMultinational peacekeeping body
Geneva · asylum · refugee · trafficking · torture · genocide · sovereignty · self-determination
Formal choice expression
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- ballotVoting document
- electionOrganized public voting
- citizenshipStatus as state member
representation · franchise · democracy · referendum · recall · initiative · constituent · electorate
freedom
Absence of constraint
dignity · expression · assembly · speech · protest · petition · association · privacy · non-discrimination · civil-liberties
natural
Not artificially produced
- inherentExisting as essential part
- God-givenInherent by divine origin
- inalienableIncapable of being surrendered
birthright · conscience · autonomy · consent · duty · reciprocity · principle · ethics · virtue · fairness
constitution
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- contractEnforceable written agreement
entitlement · claim · litigation · jurisprudence · amendment · tort · plaintiff · defendant · injunction · remedy
universal
Affecting all equally
- declarationFormal public announcement
- dignityInnate personal worth
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
UN · Geneva · asylum · refugee · trafficking · torture · genocide · sovereignty · self-determination · indigenous
vote
Formal choice expression
citizenship · representation · franchise · democracy · referendum · recall · initiative · constituent · electorate · campaign
ownership
Legal right of possession
- titleFormal honorific or name
- deedWritten property conveyance
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
bequest · intellectual · copyright · patent · trademark · royalty · easement · lien · mortgage · tenant
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
overtime · benefits · workplace · safety · OSHA · pension · leave · harassment · discrimination · whistleblower
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
- civicsballot, election, ballots, branches of government, checks and balances
- freedomfreedom of choice, freedom of will, free will, expression, speech
- justicecourtroom, trials, retributive justice, courts, gavel
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- customer'sneeds, wants, preferences, expectations, satisfaction
rightswrongs
Unjust or harmful acts
injustice · oppression · violations · tyranny · disenfranchisement
rightsduties
Required tasks or charges
obligations · responsibilities · liabilities · burdens · requirements
- right nowAt the present moment
- right awayWithout pause or delay
- all rightSatisfactory or unharmed
- right handDominant side for most
- turn rightChange heading clockwise
- left and rightIn all directions
right, righteous, rightly, outright, rightful, right-wing, rightness, righted, righting