Meaning | The quality of failing to conform to law. |
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Narrower | illegality | unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute |
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illegitimacy | unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law |
illicitness | The quality of not conforming strictly to law |
shadiness | Of questionable honesty or legality |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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Opposite | lawfulness | The quality of conforming to law |
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Adjectives | unlawful | contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law |
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unlawful | contrary to or forbidden by law |
unlawful | having no legally established claim |
unlawful | not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention |