| Main Entry: | lawfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
Synonyms: |
authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, legitimacy, legitimateness, licitness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Main Entry: | lawfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
according to law, allowable, chartered, ennomic, indulgent, lawful, legal, legalized, legitimate, licit, patent, permissible, permissive, permitted, permitting, unconditional, unforbid, unforbidden
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| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice, morality |
Synonyms: |
correctness, emancipation, enfranchisement, equity, freedom, good, goodness, honor, independence, integrity, lawfulness, legality, liberty, properness, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, straight, truth, uprightness, virtue |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
Antonyms: |
corruption, immorality, injustice, unfairness, unjustness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | legality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legitimacy |
Synonyms: |
authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Main Entry: | legitimacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
Synonyms: |
authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, legitimateness, licitness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Main Entry: | legitimateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
Synonyms: |
authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, legitimacy, licitness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Main Entry: | licitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
Synonyms: |
authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, legitimacy, legitimateness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Concept: | Right. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness; summum jus., justice, equity; equitableness; propriety; fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis., Astraea, Nemesis, Themis., scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma; suum cuique; clear stage, fair field and no favor., morals (duty); law; honor (probity); virtue.
-verbs
be right; stand to reason., see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to; recompense (reward); bold the scales even, give and take; serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due, give the devil his due; audire alteram partem., deserve (be entitled to).
-adjectives
right, good; just, reasonable; fit; equal, equable, equatable; evenhanded, fair., legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to be; lawful (permitted), (legal) [more]. deserved [more].
-adverbs
rightly; au-bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason., without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons; upon even terms.
-phrases
Dieu et mon droit; "in equal scale weighing delight and dole" [Hamlet]; justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Cicero]; justititiae soror incorrupta fides; justitia virtutem
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Antonyms: |
wrong |
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| Concept: | Legality. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
legality; legitimacy, legitimateness., legislature; law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon (precept); ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw; decree (order); ordonnance; standing order; plebiscite (choice)., legal process; form, formula, formality; rite, arm of the law; habeas corpus; fieri facias., [Science of law] jurisprudence, nomology; legislation, codification., equity, common law; lex, lex nonscripta; law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium; jus civile; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law; lex mercatoria., constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice.
-verbs
legalize; enact, ordain; decree (order); pass a law; legislate; codify, formulate.
-adjectives
legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized; lawful (permitted); statutable, statutory; legislatorial, legislative.
-adverbs
legally; in the eye of the law; de jure.
-phrases
ignorantia legis neminem excusat; "where law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham].
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Antonyms: |
illegality |
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