Home › Words › R › righthoodrighthoodrighthood means the condition, state, or quality of being right; rightness.EtymologyFrom Middle English *righthod, righthed, equivalent to right + -hood.nounThe condition, state, or quality of being right; rightness.e.g.“And our children's children's children will thank us for this day, For rising up in the righthood and showing them the way.” — 1913, Michigan Public Health - Page 79The state of being a right, or being recognised as a right.e.g.“'Righthood' is achieved only when sufficient duties or powers are conferred on others that the claim can realistically be realized.” — 1992, Philip Alston, Stephen Parker (LL.B.), John A. Seymour, Children, Rights, and the Law - Page 227Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).