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Rites

noun
/ɹaɪts/
Word Frequency: 6.9

Definitions

1.nounThat which complies with justice, law or reason.
"We're on the side of right in this contest."
2.nounA legal, just or moral entitlement.
"You have no right to go through my personal diary."
3.nounThe right side or direction.
"The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop."
4.nounThe right hand or fist.
5.nounThe ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
"The political right holds too much power."
6.nounThe outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
7.nounA wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
8.nounA religious custom.
9.noun(by extension) A prescribed behavior.

Synonyms

3 o'clockstarboardritualreligious ritebeliefsceremoniescultsdenominationsfaithsliturgiesobservancespractices

Antonyms

dutyobligationleft

Rhymes With

plightsinsightsrightsignitesacolytescivil rightssightssites
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