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lawful
adjective
1 lawful
Conformable to or allowed by law.
2 lawful
According to custom or rule or natural law.
synonym: rule-governed.
3 lawful
Having a legally established claim:
— The true and lawful king.
synonyms: rightful, true.
Roget 922:
right,
good;
just,
reasonable;
fit
etc.
924;
equal,
equable,
equatable†;
evenhanded,
fair.
legitimate,
justifiable,
rightful;
as it should be,
as it ought to be;
lawful
etc.
(permitted)
760,
(legal)
963.
deserved
etc.
924.
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4 lawful
Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law.
synonyms: legitimate, licit.
Roget 760:
permitting
etc.
v.;
permissive,
indulgent;
permitted
etc.
v.;
patent,
chartered,
permissible,
allowable,
lawful,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963;
licit;
unforbid†,
unforbidden†;
unconditional.
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Roget 963:
legal,
legitimate;
according to law;
vested,
constitutional,
chartered,
legalized;
lawful
etc.
(permitted)
760;
statutable†,
statutory;
legislatorial,
legislative;
regulatory,
regulated.
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Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
entitled to;
claiming;
deserving,
meriting,
worthy of.
privileged,
allowed,
sanctioned,
warranted,
authorized;
ordained,
prescribed,
constitutional,
chartered,
enfranchised.
prescriptive,
presumptive;
absolute,
indefeasible;
unalienable,
inalienable;
imprescriptible†,
inviolable,
unimpeachable,
unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to,
merited,
deserved,
condign,
richly deserved.
allowable
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
due,
en r gle;
fit,
fitting;
correct,
proper,
meet,
befitting,
becoming,
seemly;
decorous;
creditable,
up to the mark,
right as a trivet;
just the thing,
quite the thing;
selon les r gles [Fr.].
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Polish: prawowity, pełnoprawny
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