right to life
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4.1
- noun
- Formal
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derecho a la vida
- The right to life is thus surrounded by a double layer of legal protection.
- inalienable right to life
- right to life and liberty
- Right to life activists
And I guess the premise for that would be that the child has a right to life.
- And I guess the premise for that would be that the child has a right to life.
- If I happen to cut off your hand, that doesn't mean that I somehow respected your your right to life, because now you're maimed, right?
- I mean, the the whole basis of of peaceful cooperation is, is not hurting people, not violating their rights, their most basic right to life.
- We are in the place that said we will fucking shoot you if you violate our independent right to life, liberty to pursuit of happiness and property.
Examples
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Everyone has an equal right to life.
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If it is, then it has all the rights of other persons, including the right to life.
Academic text (2007) -
The idea that, let's say, we have a right to life.
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Respect for the right to life is not, however, such a provision.
Academic text (2016) -
A person's right to life, liberty and property.
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Article 14 guarantees the right to life and freedom.
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You are supposed to have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Blog text (12) -
When abortion comes up in conversations, defend the right to life for the child.
Blog text (7) -
In the current American context, it provides the central concern of right-to-life activists.
Academic text (1991) -
Every person is entitled to a right to life, meaning no one should be unjustly killed.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally predictable: 'right' (an entitlement) + 'to' + 'life' (existence) yields an entitlement concerning a person's life — i.e., protection from being unjustly deprived of life. This noun + prepositional phrase pattern is common across languages (e.g., Spanish 'derecho a la vida') and follows standard semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will grasp the basic meaning.
Etymology
Right to life comes from the simple idea that every person has a claim to live: right means a legal or moral claim and life means being alive. So, today right to life means people should be protected and 'not be killed unfairly'.