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Nor are we prepared to say that these modes of treatment are not relatively right--right, that is, in relation to the uncontrollable children of ill-controlled adults; and right in relation to a state of society in which such ill-controlled adults make up the mass of the people.

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  1. adjective Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality: do the right thing and confess.
  2. adjective In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct: the right answer.
  3. adjective Fitting, proper, or appropriate: It is not right to leave the party without saying goodbye.
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  1. Middle English, from Old English riht; see reg- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 3, from the fact that conservatives sit on the right side of the legislative chamber in various assemblies.

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  1. Also dial. richt, reet; from Middle English right, ryght, ryth, ryt, rict, rigt, riʒt, riht, ryht, from Anglo-Saxon riht = Old Saxon reht = OFries. riucht = Middle Dutch recht, regt, Dutch regt = Middle Low German Low German recht = Old High German Middle High German reht, German recht, straight, right, just, = Icelandic réttr (for *rehtr) = Swedish rätt = Danish ret = Gothic (Moesogothic) raihts, straight, right, just, = Latin rectus (for *regtus) (later Italian retto, ritto = Spanish Portuguese recto), right, direct, = Zend rashta, straight, right, just; orig. past participle of a verb represented by Anglo-Saxon reccan, stretch, etc., also direct, etc. (see rack), and L. regere, past participle rectus, direct, rule, Sanskrit √ rij, stretch, rāj, rule: see regent, and cf. rail, rule, a straight piece of wood, etc., from the same Latin source.
  2. Also dial, reet, Scots richt; from Middle English right, ryght, riʒt, rit, righte, ryghte, riʒte, from Anglo-Saxon rihte, ryhte, straight, directly, straightway, rightly, justly, correctly (= Old Saxon rehto, reht, Middle Dutch recht, Dutch regt = Old High German rehto, Middle High German rehte, reht, German recht = Icelandic rētt = Swedish rätt = Danish ret, straight, directly), from riht, right: see right, adjective
  3. from Middle English righten, rihten, rigten, riʒten, ryʒten, from Anglo-Saxon rihtan, Old Northumbrian rehta (= Old Saxon rihtian = OFries. riuchta = Middle Dutch rechten, Dutch regten = Middle Low German richten = Old High German rihtan, Middle High German rihten, German richten = Icelandic rētta = Swedish rätta = Danish rette = Gothic (Moesogothic) *raihtjan, in ga-raihtjan, and at-ga-raihtjan), make right, set right, restore, amend, correct, keep right, rule, from riht, right: see right, adjective
 

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