righted
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Definitions
verb
- To correct.“Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.”
- To set upright.“The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.”
- To return to normal upright position.“When the wind died down, the ship righted.”
- To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.“to right the oppressed”
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