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Verb right has 4 senses

right, compensate, redress, correct - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
--₁ is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: wrong

Derived forms: noun right₂, noun right₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
right - put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
--₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
right - regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
--₃ is one way to change posture
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
correct, rectify, right - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
--₄ is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something