states' rights

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noun

1. a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
• Hypernyms:
doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
• Hyponyms:
nullification
2. the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
right