Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Right
right, adj. [OE reht.] (webplay: die, drawn, grave, hand, just, justice, man, restore, river, shortest, tell, term).
- Correct; not mistaken; not deceived.
- Opposite of the left side; side of the body opposite the tilt of the heart; [fig.] place where just and faithful people will find themselves at Christ's coming (see Matthew 25:34-40).
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