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Synonyms
competent, condign, deserved, due, fair, just, justified, merited, right, warranted
Antonyms
undeserved, undue, unfair, unjust, unjustified, unmerited, unwarranted
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Meanwhile in 2004, the town of Hildburghausen, looking for its rightful place in history, dedicated a monument to the decades-long long search for the track-maker. — Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, "The Long, Strange Tale of the Hand Beast Footprints," 11 Sep. 2019 Along the way, artists like Marshall take their rightful place in an arc from which they were deliberately excluded. — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, "On the walls at Harvard museums, calling out art’s racist, sexist history," 31 Aug. 2019 All Leicester had to do on Sunday was roll over and let the Frank Lampard festivities take their rightful place in the limelight of this captivating affair. — SI.com, "90min's Definitive European Player Power Rankings: Week 2," 19 Aug. 2019 This match will take its rightful place among the most captivating in the sport’s history. — J.s., The Economist, "Novak Djokovic wins the most thrilling men’s tennis match ever," 16 July 2019 All four elements of the dish need to be perfect if the doner is to take its rightful place in the culinary pantheon. — 1843, "Don’t knock the doner kebab," 10 July 2019 While her morals urge her to bring the deceased to his rightful resting place, her survival instincts kick in, and Leigh tries to conceal the body in an attempt to save herself and her son from persecution. — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, "Exclusive Blood on Her Name trailer previews grisly thrills for Fantasia Fest," 10 July 2019 Musical director Trent Hines takes a rightful place behind a piano on one side of the stage. — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, "Can they get an amen? Vintage Theatre goes to church with “Crowns: A Gospel Musical”," 5 July 2019 It’s time the lords of Cooperstown honor that achievement by giving the good man at the heart of this miracle his rightful place in the Hall of Fame. — William Mcgurn, WSJ, "Basking in Baseball’s Summer of ’69," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rightful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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