| Main Entry: | legality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legitimacy |
Synonyms: |
authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, permissibility, right, validity |
| 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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| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
Synonyms: |
amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
Antonyms: |
illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
corruption, immorality, injustice, unfairness, unjustness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | validity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genuineness, lawfulness |
Synonyms: |
authority, cogency, effectiveness, efficacy, force, foundation, gravity, grounds, legality, legitimacy, persuasiveness, point, potency, power, punch, right, soundness, strength, substance, validness, weight |
Antonyms: |
invalidity |
| Main Entry: | genuineness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authenticity |
Synonyms: |
authority, cogency, effectiveness, efficacy, force, foundation, gravity, grounds, legality, legitimacy, persuasiveness, point, potency, power, punch, realness, right, soundness, strength, substance, truthfulness, validity, validness, weight |
| 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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