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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. "Right as any line." Chaucer

Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balæna cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale. Pygmy right whale (Zoöl.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobalæna marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic a…

A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about. To send to the right-about, to cause to turn toward the opposite point or quarter; -- hence, of troops, to cause to turn and retreat. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.…

Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.

Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.

Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.

The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.

Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.

Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.

Straight; direct.

To do justice to. [Obs.] Relieve [marginal reading, righten] the opressed. Isa. i. 17.

Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.

Made righteous. [Obs.]

In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.

The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong. Shelton.

Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons. [Obs.] Chaucer.

According to right or justice.

The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.