absolute right

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut ɹaɪt/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ɹaɪt/

Noun

absolute right (plural absolute rights)

  1. An unqualified right; a right to act or refuse to act that is at the sole discretion of the person possessing the right.[1]

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6
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