Ability and Right

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Right and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Right" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Right noun - Something to which one has a just claim.

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Ability and right are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Right".

Nearby Words: righteous, rightful, righted, rightly, righting

human	human ability	human right
good	good ability	good right
full	full ability	full right
special	special ability	special right
Other adjectives: better, normal, single, exclusive, real, extreme, little, inherent, general, final, less, greater, basic.

Living Forever Is Awesome: The opinion of mummies who think that the power and the ability/right to kill with impunity is worth the loss of Memory.

Source: Tabletop Game / Mummy: The Curse
Also, it is said in the book that death is Eru's gift to mortals and the Valar don't have the right or ability to take it from them — only Eru can, and Tuor was likely the only such exception.

Source: Literature / The Silmarillion
Heart Is an Awesome Power: How an apparently inconsequential ability can prove vital in the right place at the right time.

Source: Creator / Timothy Zahn

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