bill of rights
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain personal rights and freedoms.
American usage
name
An Act of Parliament enacted in 1689 that guarantees certain human rights and regulates the succession to the British Crown.
British usage
name
a legislation or part of the constitution that guarantee human rights, and sometimes relief by courts when they are infringed.
Example Sentences
- "At the heart of it, I thought of the Great Society as an extension of the Bill of Rights. When our fundamental American rights were set forth by the Founding Fathers, they reflected the concerns of a people who sought freedom in their time. But in our time a broadened concept of freedom requires that every American have the right to a healthy body, a full education, a decent home, and the opportunity to develop to the best of his talents."
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.