Needed and Rightful

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Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Rightful and needed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rightful" instead an adjective "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Rightful adjective - Being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong.

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Needed and rightful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needed" instead an adjective "Rightful".

Nearby Words: right, righted, rightly

In Tintin: King Ottokar's Sceptre, according to tradition the rightful king of Syldavia must not lose possession of the sceptre of King Ottokar IV, which is needed during a specific ceremony.

Source: Finders Rulers
Until he clears his name, no one stands with him, not even his mother or his childhood friend-turned-lover, who specifically convinced him to return because Pride Rock needed him to return and take his rightful place as king.

Source: Alternate Aesop Interpretation
The main issue seems to be that he has an objection to people following him simply because of that reason (in later books, he asserts bits and pieces of authority, but only as absolutely needed), and Vimes made the valid point that there are numerous problems with the term 'rightful'.

Source: Awesome Moment of Crowning

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