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noun
A basic right that all humans should be guaranteed by virtue of them being a human.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: right
Narrower terms: right to privacy, right to life, right to liberty, right to the pursuit of happiness, freedom of thought, equality before the law, civil right
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Across languages
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