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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Righting.] [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
     1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
        set upright; to make right or straight (that which has
        been wrong or crooked); to correct.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
        to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the
        oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All experience hath shown that mankind are more
              disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than
              to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which
              they are accustomed.                  --Jefferson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright
        position after careening.
  
     To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the
        keel.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Righting.] [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
     1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
        set upright; to make right or straight (that which has
        been wrong or crooked); to correct.
  
     2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
        to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the
        oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
  
              So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
  
              All experience hath shown that mankind are more
              disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than
              to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which
              they are accustomed.                  --Jefferson.
  
     To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright
        position after careening.
  
     To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the
        keel.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  righting
     n.
     1 The act of putting something right.
     2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
  inverted orientation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en right nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  righting
     n.
     1 The act of putting something right.
     2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
  inverted orientation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en right nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  righting
     n.
     1 The act of putting something right.
     2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
  inverted orientation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en right nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  righting
     n.
     1 The act of putting something right.
     2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
  inverted orientation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en right nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  righting
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r ight ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
  الإستقامة

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
  korrigierend, berichtigend
   see: right, righted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
  wieder gutmachend
   see: right, right a wrong, righted
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
  uspravljanja

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