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LAWFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of conforming to law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("lawfulness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
lawful (conformable to or allowed by law)
unlawful (contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lawfulness"):
legality (lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute)
legitimacy (lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law)
licitness (the quality of strictly conforming to law)
Antonym:
unlawfulness (the quality of failing to conform to law)
Derivation:
lawful (conformable to or allowed by law)
lawful (authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law)
lawful (having a legally established claim)
