authority vs right

authority

noun
  • Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity. 

  • A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject. 

  • Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement. 

  • A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit. 

  • Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation. 

  • Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right. 

right

noun
  • The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright. 

  • The right side or direction. 

  • A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore). 

  • That which complies with justice, law or reason. 

  • The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. 

  • The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group. 

  • A legal, just or moral entitlement. 

  • The right hand or fist. 

adj
  • Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river. 

  • Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: → 

  • Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. 

  • Healthy, sane, competent. 

  • Real; veritable (used emphatically). 

  • Pertaining to the political right; conservative. 

  • Designed to be placed or worn outward. 

  • Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines. 

  • Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose. 

  • Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc. 

  • All right; not requiring assistance. 

intj
  • I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion). 

  • Yes, that is correct; I agree. 

  • Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse. 

  • Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof. 

  • Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement. 

verb
  • To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. 

  • To set upright. 

  • To return to normal upright position. 

  • To correct. 

adv
  • In a correct manner. 

  • According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really. 

  • Immediately, directly. 

  • On the right side. 

  • Towards the right side. 

  • Exactly, precisely. 

  • Very, extremely, quite. 

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