rights (noun)
41personal rights — noun plural : rights (as of personal security, personal liberty, and private property) appertaining to the person * * * personal rights plural noun Rights which belong to a person as a living, rational being • • • Main Entry: ↑personal …
42e-rights — noun a) The collective rights of a person in the context of electronic media. This new legislation aims to protect the e rights of citizens. b) The right to publish a given work in electronic form. I sold the magazine rights to the story, but not …
43civil rights — noun (plural) the rights that every person should have, such as the right to vote or to be treated fairly by the law, whatever their sex, race, or religion: civil rights campaigner/movement etc: 50,000 people attended the civil rights… …
44animal rights — noun plural Date: 1879 rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals • animal rightist noun …
45bragging rights — noun plural : entitlement to boast about one s status, superiority, or achievement * * * noun [plural] US : a good reason to talk with pride about something you have done She earned bragging rights for completing the project on time …
46civil rights — noun plural Date: 1658 the nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to United States citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress …
47civil rights — noun Those rights which are expressly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable; deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, color, gender and disabilities. Syn:… …
48Universal Declaration of Human Rights — noun a) The declaration of basic human rights adopted by the United Nations. In the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I would like to declare that this kind of freedom is an inalienable human right, the suppression of which by… …
49states' rights — noun a) The belief that each of the 50 U.S. states has reserved powers, the sovereign right to determine policies on some issues. b) A catch phrase used by some in the Civil Rights Era as an excuse to keep the federal government from granting… …
50bill of rights — noun (C) a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country: One state has proposed the country adopt a bill of rights and replace the Queen as head of state with a president …
