states' rights
plural nounDefinition of states' rights
: all rights not vested by the U.S. Constitution in the federal government nor forbidden by it to the separate states
Test Your Vocabulary
Name That Food
-
- Name these cookies!

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
A daily challenge for crossword fanatics.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share states' rights
Time Traveler for states' rights
The first known use of states' rights was in 1824
See more words from the same year