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states' rights

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables
states' rights
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rights reserved to the 50 state governments of the United States that allow each one to set policy on some issues, rather than being subject to federal policy, especially in reference to their right to allow slavery before the Civil War.

American usage

Usage

Phrases

states' righter

Questions

What does states' rights mean?
Rights reserved to the 50 state governments of the United States that allow each one to set policy on some issues, rather than being subject to federal policy, especially in reference to their right to allow slavery before the Civil War.

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