If you say that someone or something has returned to its rightful place or position, they have returned to the place or position that you think they should have.
例句
The Baltics' own democratic traditions would help them to regain their rightful place in Europe...波羅的海各國本身的民主傳統將有助于其恢復在歐洲應有的地位。He had been denied what he believed to be his rightful position at the center of things...他被拒絕了他認為原應屬于自己的中心地位。
英漢詞典釋義
adv.
正直地;正當地；按理地；有理由地。
the purposes for which power can be rightfully exercised為了權力能夠正當行使的目的