ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adv. rightly &c adj.; +a bon droit [Fr.], au bon droit [Fr.], in justice, in equity, in
reason.
without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons;
upon even terms.
Int. all right!, fair's fair.
Phr. Dieu et mon droit [Fr.]; in equal scale weighing delight and dole [Hamlet]; justitia
cuum cuique distribuit [Lat.] [Cicero]; justitiae soror incorrupta fides [Lat.]; justitia
virtutem regina [Lat.]; thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just [Henry VI].
923. Wrong -- N. wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se [Lat.];
unreasonableness, grievance; shame.
injustice; tort [Law]; unfairness &c adj.; iniquity, foul play.
partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry.
undueness &c 925; wrongdoing (vice) 945; unlawfulness &c 964.
robbing Peter to pay Paul &c v.; the wolf and the lamb; vice &c 945.
a custom more honored in the breach than the observance [Hamlet].
V. be wrong &c adj.; cry to heaven for vengeance.
do wrong &c n.; be inequitable &c adj.; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose
upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an
mile; rob Peter to pay Paul.
Adj. wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable † ; unequal,
partial, one-sided; injurious, tortious [Law].
objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper,
unfit; unjustified &c 925; illegal &c 964; iniquitous; immoral &c 945.
in the wrong, in the wrong box.
Adv. wrongly &c adj..
Phr. it will not do.
924. Dueness -- N. due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim,
pretension, demand, birthright.
immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right.
sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant &c (permission) 760; constitution &c
(law) 963; tenure; bond &c (security) 771.
claimant, appellant; plaintiff &c 938.
V. be due &c adj.. to, be the due &c n.. of; have right to, have title to, have claim to; be
entitled to; have a claim upon; belong to &c (property) 780.
deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve.
demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate † , reclaim;
exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay
claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a
right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case.
give a right, confer a right; entitle; authorize &c 760; sanctify, legalize, ordain,
prescribe, allot.
give every one his due &c 922; pay one's dues; have one's due, have one's rights.
use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.
Adj. having a right to &c v.; entitled to; claiming; deserving, meriting, worthy of.