Civil Rights are those that belong to every citizen of the state, and are not connected with the organization or administration of government. They include the rights of property, marriage, protection by law, freedom to contract, trial by jury, and the like.
The definition of vindictive is someone who is out for revenge. An example of vindictive is a person who writes down every mean thing ever said to her in a notebook so she can get back at the people who were unkind.
A contradictory statement is one that says two things that cannot both be true. An example: My sister is jealous of me because I'm an only child. Contradictory is related to the verb contradict, which means to say or do the opposite, and contrary, which means to take an opposite view. When witnesses give contradictory accounts of crimesâone saying the assailant had a knife and the other a gunâpolice officers often assume that at least one of the witnesses is lying. Thesaurus.