Meanings
verbself-right (third-person singular simple present self-rights, present participle self-righting, simple past and past participle self-righted)
present singular third person self-rights · participle present self-righting · participle past self-righted · past self-righted
- computingTo make oneself upright.
Origin
Back-formation from self-righting, equivalent to self- + right.
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self-right. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-right
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“self-right.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-right. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-right,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-right.
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