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rightful

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right·ful  (rtfl)
adj.
1. Right or proper; just.
2. Having a just or proper claim: Return this dog to its rightful owner.
3. Held or owned by just or proper claim: This land is my rightful property.
rightful·ly adv.
rightful·ness n.
rightful
Adjective
1. in accordance with what is right
2. having a legally or morally just claim: he is the rightful heir to her fortune
3. held by virtue of a legal or just claim: these moves will restore them to their rightful homes
rightfully adv
rightfulness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rightful - legally valid; "a rightful inheritance"
just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
2.rightfulrightful - having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"
lawful, true
legitimate - of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
rightful
adjective lawful, just, real, true, due, legal, suitable, proper, valid, legitimate, authorized, bona fide, de jure
Translations
Spanish rightful [ˈraɪtful] adj [heir] → legítimo
French rightful [ˈraɪtful] right adj [heir] → légitime
German rightful [ˈraɪtful] right adj → rechtmäßig
Italian rightful [ˈraɪtful] adj [heir] → legittimo/a
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"The Emperor Alexander," said she, with the melancholy which always accompanied any reference of hers to the Imperial family, "has declared that he will leave it to the French people themselves to choose their own form of government; and I believe that once free from the usurper, the whole nation will certainly throw itself into the arms of its rightful king," she concluded, trying to be amiable to the royalist emigrant.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
That was why the people were so glad to see you, and why they thought from your initials that you were their rightful ruler.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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