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noun
Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: legalness, lawfulness, legality, unlawfulness, lawlessness, unlaw, illegality, illegalness
noun
Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws, such as laws of nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of conforming to law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unlawfulness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: legality, legitimacy, licitness
History
From Middle English laufulnes, lahfulnesse, equivalent to lawful + -ness.
