of the side of the body etc that is towards the east when the front is towards the north; having conservative opinions; (of behaviour etc) morally good, legal, just; (of facts, reasons, time etc) correct, true
fair, just
Cases of word usage
1) able to use the left hand and the right equally well (ambidextrous)
2) out of, off, the right path, especially into doing wrong (astray)
3) the (legal) power or right to control, give others and make others obey (authority)
4) to give (legal) power to or right of control to (a person) (authorize)
5) a baron's wife or a woman who is a baron in her own right (baroness)
6) a lawyer who has the right to speak and argue in higher law courts (barrister)
7) the consciousness within oneself of the choice one ought to make between right and wrong (conscience)
8) having the power or right to make or alter a political constitution (constituent)
9) (to protect a work, author, with) the sole legal right to print, publish, sell, broadcast, perform, film or record the work or any part of it (copyright)
10) true; right (correct)