right

/raɪt/ verb [T]

Definition

› to put something back in a vertical position, or to return to a vertical position: [often reflexive] The boat righted itself and I rowed us back to the shore.

right a wrong › to do something good to make an unfair situation seem better: How can we right the wrongs of the past?

(Definition of right verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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