Definition of rightful

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Rightful (a.) Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause..

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Rightfulness :: Rightfulness (n.) Moral rectitude; righteousness.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
Gruesome :: Gruesome (a.) Ugly; frightful.
Poker :: Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear..
Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold..
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Rightful :: Rightful (a.) Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority..
Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
Theft :: Theft (n.) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny..
Shiah :: Shiah (n.) A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans..
Owe :: Owe (v.) To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own..
Rightful :: Rightful (a.) Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.
Affrightful :: Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Rightful :: Rightful (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..
Mutiny :: Mutiny (n.) Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination..
Goblin :: Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
Horror :: Horror (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking..
Own :: Own (a.) To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house..
Awful :: Awful (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster..
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