Synonyms: states' rights
Definition: the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
Similar words: right
Definition: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Usage: they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people- Eleanor Roosevelt; a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away
Synonyms: states' rights
Definition: a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
Similar words: school of thought, doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy
Definition: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school