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.
adjective. 1  Refusing to give up or let go; persevering obstinately. 2  Insistently repetitive or continuous: a persistent honking of car horns. 3  Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time; enduring: persistent rumors; a persistent infection. Botany Lasting past maturity without falling off, as the calyx on an eggplant or the scales of a pine cone. Zoology Retained permanently, rather than disappearing in an early stage of development: the persistent gills of fishes.