Right Thing

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Right Thing - That which is *compellingly* the correct or appropriate thing to use, do, say, etc. Always capitalised, always emphasised in speech as though capitalised. Use of this term often implies that in fact reasonable people may disagree. "What's the Right Thing for Lisp to do when it sees "(mod a 0)"? Should it return "a", or give a divide-by-0 error?"

Opposite: Wrong Thing.

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No references found			He always admires the right thing whatever the right thing is, and one of these days he's going to write a great work. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context No, sir; I have made up my mind that if I could get a situation with some first-rate colt-breaker and horse-trainer, it would be the right thing for me. Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context The better he knew his brother, the more he noticed that Sergey Ivanovitch, and many other people who worked for the public welfare, were not led by an impulse of the heart to care for the public good, but reasoned from intellectual considerations that it was a right thing to take interest in public affairs, and consequently took interest in them. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			right circular cone right circular cylinder right click right coset right helicoid right identity right inverse right join right justify right lang lay right line right module Right of Operational Management right of way right outer join right parallelepiped right parenthesis right prism Right Reverend right rudder right section right side up right sphere right spherical triangle right strophoid Right Thing right triangle right truncated prism right value right way up Right Whale Right Whales Right, Petition of right-and-left-hand chart right-angle prism right-angled triangle Right-Bank Ukraine right-click right-cut tool right-hand cutting tool right-hand door right-hand helicity right-hand limit right-hand lock right-hand polarization right-hand reverse door Right-Hand Rule right-hand screw right-hand stairway right-hand taper right-handed			right stage Right Standard Rate Turn Right Start Foundation International Right Stellate Ganglion Stimulation Right Sternal Border right strophoid right stuff Right subclavian Right subclavian Right subclavian Right subclavian artery Right subclavian artery Right subclavian artery Right Subclavian Vein Right Subscapular Line Right Superficial Femoral Artery Right Superior Divisional Block Right Superior Hepatic Vein Right superior intercostal vein Right Superior Pulmonary Vein right suprarenal vein Right tackle Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy right testicular vein right testicular vein Right Testis Posterior Extremity Right the First Time Right The Freak Now Right the Freak On Right Thing right thing to do Right This Freaking Minute right thoracic duct right time Right Time Peak Velocity Right Time, Right Place right to Right to Adequate Housing right to adjudicate right to an attorney Right to Appeal Right to Appeal Right to Appeal Right to Appeal Right to assemble Right to asylum Right to be free from slavery Right to be free from slavery Right to be free from slavery Right to be free from slavery Right to bear arms Right to Bear Arms Amendment Right to buy right to buy or sell Right to Cancel Right to Carry Right to Censor Right to choose Right to choose right to command

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