Crossword clues for righting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n. Righting.] [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of right English)
Usage examples of "righting".
To his right a crew comprised mostly of women was at work with a wrecker and a derrick righting a tractor-trailer truck that had jackknifed, partially blocking the street.
He had only been a green kid but he had learned from all those pictures to believe in righting for the under dog, against the top dog.