rights
civil rights: a rights worker.
Origin of rights
1Other words from rights
- an·ti·rights, noun, adjective
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How to use rights in a sentence
Rashad was there to celebrate the release of the Civil rights drama Selma.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers | Stereo Williams | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTrue, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of rights.
Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate | Philip Dray | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn October, he traveled to Denver with Fry to support his work with LGBT rights organization The Matthew Sheppard Foundation.
Meet Stephen Fry’s Future Husband (Who Is Less Than Half His Age) | Tom Sykes | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTCan they determine that individual citizens should not have access to rights provided by the Constitution?
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over | Jay Michaelson | January 5, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
For example, there is a vast discussion afoot upon the questions that centre upon Property, its rights and its limitations.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsAnd we will also settle and assure the particular rights and interests of every planter and adventurer.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.But sharper and closer anxieties than any connected with rights to lands and homes were pressing upon Alessandro and Ramona.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonIt is therefore our duty, sir, to protect our principal, and we cannot consent to abate one jot or tittle of our rights.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsBy doing so the natural parents lose all personal rights and are relieved from all legal duties.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
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