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We found 19 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word rightful:
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  1. rightful: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. rightful: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  3. rightful: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  4. rightful: Wiktionary [home, info]
  5. rightful: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  6. rightful: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  7. rightful: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  8. Rightful, rightful: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  9. rightful: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  10. rightful: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  11. Rightful: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. rightful: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  13. rightful: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  14. rightful: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  15. rightful: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  16. rightful: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  17. rightful: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  18. rightful: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  19. rightful: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Quick definitions (rightful)

  • (a.) Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority.
  • (a.) Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause.
  • (a.) Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king.
  • (a.) Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.

    (This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)

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