| abdicate |
to formally relinquish a position of power, a claim, or a right. [1/3 definitions] |
| abeam |
at right angles to a line passing from the front to the back of a ship. |
| aberrant |
turning aside from what is natural, right, or true; perverse. [1/2 definitions] |
| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. [1/3 definitions] |
| abnegate |
to surrender (a right or privilege); renounce. [1/2 definitions] |
| abnegation |
the act of relinquishing or abandoning, as a right, role, or good. |
| accepted |
generally regarded as normal, right, or correct; approved; recognized. [1/2 definitions] |
| action |
a legal proceeding wherein one party demands its right or claims that wrong has been done by another party; a lawsuit. [1/8 definitions] |
| admittance |
permission to enter; right of entry. [1/2 definitions] |
| age of majority |
the age at which a person is granted by law the rights and responsibilities of an adult, such as liability under contract and the right to sue. |
| aim |
to position in order to point in the right direction. [1/8 definitions] |
| alright |
all right; unharmed or undamaged, or free of the risk of harm or damage. [4 definitions] |
| amend |
to make better or make right; improve; rectify. [1/3 definitions] |
| angary |
the legal right of a state or nation at war to seize, destroy, or otherwise use the property of a neutral state, provided proper compensation is made. |
| angle iron |
a piece of rolled iron or steel in the form of a right angle along its lengthwise dimension, used in construction for joining parts or as support. |
| angle of incidence |
the angle that the line of movement of a body or of radiation, meeting a surface, makes with a line that is at right angles to the surface at the point of meeting. |
| appendant |
in law, pertaining to a subsidiary right. [2/4 definitions] |
| appendectomy |
surgical removal of the appendix in the lower right-hand side of the abdomen. |
| appendicitis |
inflammation of the appendix in the lower right-hand side of the abdomen. |
| appendix |
a short closed tube of tissue that projects from the pouch at the beginning of the large intestine in the lower right-hand side of the abdomen; vermiform appendix. [1/3 definitions] |
| approve |
to consider or declare (something) good or right. [1/3 definitions] |