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settle, Colloq get even for: Langdon swore that he would right
the injury done to his father's name.
righteous adj. 1 moral, just, virtuous, upstanding, upright, good,
honest, ethical, honourable, fair, reputable, trustworthy: He
insists that his father was a righteous man who had been
unjustly accused. 2 right, correct, justifiable, justified,
appropriate, condign, fitting, apt, self-righteous: Her
righteous indignation at being criticized stems from her
overweening pride.
rightful adj. 1 legal, lawful, legitimate, licit, de jure, correct,
proper, bona fide, valid, true, authorized, right: If the deed
is in his name, then he is the rightful owner. 2 just, fair,
equitable, right: Emily has supported rightful causes all her
life.
rigid adj. 1 stiff, unbending, unbendable, firm, hard, strong: Are
those brackets rigid enough to support such a heavy shelf? 2
inflexible, inelastic, unyielding, undeviating, unalterable,
set, firm, hard, adamant, hard-line, unbending, adamantine,
steely, iron, strong, uncompromising, rigorous, unrelenting,
intransigent, stringent, severe, strict, rigorous, stern, harsh,
austere: Frank is known to favour rigid discipline in the
classroom. 3 rigorous, exact, precise, unwavering, unqualified,
unswerving, undeviating, demanding, strict, hard and fast,
literal, nice, close, thorough, scrupulous, careful,
conscientious, painstaking, meticulous, punctilious, exacting,
strait-laced: Rigid observance of the regulations produced the
desired results. Pinwell's rigid parsimony met little favour
from his family. 4 obstinate, stubborn, pigheaded, inflexible,
immovable, adamant, adamantine, fixed, set, obdurate, wilful,
headstrong, dogged, persevering, determined, resolute,
steadfast, resolved, tenacious, relentless, unrelenting,
uncompromising, unadaptable, mulish, close-minded: Candida
remained rigid in her opposition to birth control.
rigmarole n. rigamarole, motions, complication(s), formalities, red tape,
bureaucracy, punctilio, ceremoniousness, ceremony, ritual,
procedure, mess, mumbo-jumbo, gobbledegook or gobbledygook,
bunkum or buncombe, bother, balderdash, rubbish, nonsense,
foolishness, Colloq hassle, bunk, Slang crap, US meshugaas or
mishegaas: Why must one go through such a rigmarole just to get