#abstract__abstraction  a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
  supertype:  concept__conception__construct  an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
  subtype:  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"
     subtype:  access.right  the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
     subtype:  advowson  the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
     subtype:  cabotage.right  the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
     subtype:  claim.right__title  an informal right to something: "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
     subtype:  due  that which is deserved or owed: "give the devil his due"
     subtype:  admittance__entree__access  the right to enter
        subtype:  door.admittance  anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
           subtype:  open_door  freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees"
     subtype:  floor.right  the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
     subtype:  grant.right  a right or privilege that has been granted
     subtype:  human_right__humanright  any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
        subtype:  right_to_privacy  right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion
        subtype:  right_to_life  the right to live
        subtype:  right_to_liberty  the right to be free
        subtype:  right_to_the_pursuit_of_happiness  the right to try to find happiness
        subtype:  freedom_of_thought  the right to hold unpopular ideas
        subtype:  equality_before_the_law  the right to equal protection of the laws
        subtype:  civil_right__civilright__civil_rights  right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
           subtype:  civil_liberty__civilliberty  fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
           subtype:  habeas_corpus  right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
           subtype:  freedom_of_religion  guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_of_speech  guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_of_the_press  guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_of_assembly  right peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_to_bear_arms  guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_from_search_and_seizure__freedomfromsearchandseizure  guaranteed by the 4th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  right_to_due_process  guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution; reaffirmed by the 14th amendment
           subtype:  freedom_from_self-incrimination__freedomfromselfincrimination  guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_from_double_jeopardy  guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  right_to_speedy_and_public_trial_by_jury  guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  right_to_an_attorney  guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  right_to_confront_accusors  guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_from_cruel_and_unusual_punishment  guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  freedom_from_involuntary_servitude  guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US constitution
           subtype:  equal_protection_of_the_laws  guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due-process clause of the 5th amendment
           subtype:  freedom_from_discrimination  freedom from discrimination on the basis of race or sex or nationality or religion or age; guaranteed by US Federal laws
           subtype:  equal_opportunity__equalopportunity  equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin
     subtype:  legal_right__legalright  a right based in law
        subtype:  compulsory_process  the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court
        subtype:  preemption.legal_right__pre-emption__preemption  the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
        subtype:  title.legal_right__claim  an established or recognized right: "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
           subtype:  own_right__ownright  by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved; "a peer in his own right"; "a leading sports figure in his own right": "a fine opera in its own right"
           subtype:  entitlement  right granted by law or contract esp to benefits
        subtype:  eminent_domain__eminentdomain  the right of the state to take private property for public use; the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution requires that just compensation be made
        subtype:  franchise.legal_right  a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the right to vote)
           subtype:  right_to_vote__vote__suffrage  a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
        subtype:  patent_right  the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention
        subtype:  right_of_election  in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute
        subtype:  right_of_entry  the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner
        subtype:  right_of_re-entry  the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
        subtype:  right_of_privacy  a legal right (not explicitly provided in the US Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity
        subtype:  use.legal_right__enjoyment  (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"
           subtype:  fair_use  the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
        subtype:  usufruct  a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way
        subtype:  copyright__rightoffirstpublication  a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
        subtype:  land_tenure__tenure  the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
           subtype:  copyhold  a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
           subtype:  freehold  tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
           subtype:  villeinage  tenure by which a villein held land
     subtype:  preemption.right__pre-emption__preemption  the right to purchase something in advance of others
        subtype:  preemptive_right  the right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest
        subtype:  subscription_right  the right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public
     subtype:  prerogative__privilege__perquisite__exclusive_right__exclusiveright  a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
        subtype:  easement  (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
           subtype:  public_easement__publiceasement  any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets)
           subtype:  right_of_way.easement__rightofway  the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
        subtype:  privilege_of_the_floor  the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session
     subtype:  privilege  (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
        subtype:  attorney-client_privilege  the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
        subtype:  informer's_privilege  the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
        subtype:  journalist's_privilege  the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
        subtype:  marital_communications_privilege__husband-wife_privilege  neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
        subtype:  physician-patient_privilege__physicianpatientprivilege  the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
        subtype:  priest-penitent_privilege  the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
     subtype:  right_of_search  the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them
     subtype:  right_of_way.right__rightofway  the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
     subtype:  states'_rights  the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
     subtype:  voting_right  the right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company
     subtype:  water_right__waterright__riparian_right  right of access to water
  subtype:  absolute  something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"
  subtype:  teacher  a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
  subtype:  thing.abstract  a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"

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