abandon a right

abandon Verb

— If you abandon something, you go away from it with no plan to return. Many teens abandon all chances of a successful future when they drop out of school. After much thought, they abandoned the idea as being too difficult. The government abandons after-school programs when money is tight. — If you abandon something, you give up control of it. They danced wildly down the street, abandoning themselves to the night and the moon. The woodcutter and his wife considered abandoning Hansel and Gretel in the forest.

abandon Noun

— Abandon is a state where you do not control yourself. In these games, kids shoot and blow each other up with reckless abandon. The man dove into the pool with reckless abandon.

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

right Adjective

— When something is right, it is correct. You did the right thing.

right Noun

— When something is to the right of a location, it means the direction 90º clockwise. He takes a right at the library. She made a right turn on Oak Street. — When you have the right for something, it means that it is an activity allowed by status. You have the right to remain silent. Administrators on Wiktionary have the right to block users from editing. — An action that is moral. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

right Verb

— When you turn something right, you turn it the right-side-up. He righted the boat. — When you make something right, you correct it. He tried to right a wrong.

right Adverb

— In the direction 90º clockwise. She turned right.