Righted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have set something back in its proper place or alignment To have adjusted a situation to its correct or desired state To have remedied a previous fault or imbalance in a context
2. Put something back into an upright or correct posture ; fixed an error or made a situation fair or proper
3. Returned to a normal, vertical stance after being tilted or overturned ; addressed and repaired a mistake or injustice

Etymology: "Righted" is the past tense and past participle of "right," used as a verb. The verb "right" comes from Old English "rihtan," meaning to make straight or to set upright, and it is ultimately related to "riht," the adjective meaning straight, correct or just. That adjective shares a root with Latin "rectus" (straight, correct, as in "rectify" and "direct"), so "righted" and "rectified" are distant cousins, one inherited through Germanic speech and the other borrowed from Latin. The sense of putting something back where it belongs, as in righting a capsized boat, is the oldest and most literal use, and the figurative sense of correcting a wrong or restoring a balance grew naturally from it. The word's core idea has stayed the same for well over a thousand years: a thing that has been knocked out of line is brought back to straight.

Synonyms: corrected, rectified, remedied, reformed, restored

Antonyms: wronged, damaged, misguided, distorted, ruined