Meaning Of The Word Civil rights

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civil rights
Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.

civil rights in American English
rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, esp. as applied to an individual or a minority group
those rights guaranteed to the individual by the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and by other acts of Congress; esp., the right to vote, exemption from involuntary servitude, and equal treatment of all people

civil rights in British English
plural noun: the personal rights of the individual citizen, in most countries upheld by law, as in the US

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