Meaning | The quality of conforming to law. |
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Attributes | lawful | conformable to or allowed by law |
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unlawful | contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law |
Narrower | legality | lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute |
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legitimacy | lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law |
licitness | The quality of strictly conforming to law |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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Opposite | unlawfulness | The quality of failing to conform to law |
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Spanish | legalidad |
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Catalan | legalitat |
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Adjectives | lawful | conformable to or allowed by law |
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lawful | authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law |
lawful | having a legally established claim |