Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun right_of_action

1 sense of right of action

Sense 1
right of action -- (the legal right to sue)
       => right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")