rights (noun)

  • 31conjugal rights — noun plural the rights that each partner has in a marriage, especially the right each has to have sex with the other …

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  • 32gay rights — noun plural the right of gay people to have the same legal and social rights as everyone else …

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  • 33bill of rights — ► NOUN ▪ a statement of rights, in particular the English constitutional settlement of 1689 and the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the US, ratified in 1791 …

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  • 34exclusive rights — noun distinctiveness, exclusive right, limited territory, restrictive territory, restrictiveness, selectiveness, singularity, sole and undivided right, specialization, uniqueness associated concepts: covenant not to compete Burton s Legal… …

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  • 35animal rights — noun uncount a belief that animals should be treated well by people and not killed or used for scientific experiments …

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  • 36a-rights — a rightsˈ noun (Spenser) Rightly • • • Main Entry: ↑aright …

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  • 37human rights — noun plural Usage: often attributive : rights (as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all persons * * * fundamental rights, esp. those believed to belong to an individual and in whose …

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  • 38Civil Rights movement — noun movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens • Hypernyms: ↑movement, ↑social movement, ↑front * * * the ˌcivil ˈrights movement 7… …

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  • 39Property rights — Rights of individuals and companies to own and utilize property as they see fit and to receive the stream of income that their property generates. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * property rights property rights ➔ right * * * property… …

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  • 40property rights — Rights of individuals and companies to own and use property as they see fit and to receive the stream of income that their property generates. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * property rights property rights ➔ right * * * property rights UK… …

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