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Antonyms for lawless
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : law-lis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ lɪs |
Definition of lawless
Origin :- c.1200, lawelese (see law + -less) Related: Lawlessly; lawlessness.
- adj reckless, ungoverned
- Now don't fancy that Lawless and I are going to run away with you.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Which of us are you afraid of, Lawless, or me, or yourself?'
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The fierce and lawless shall assume the figure of the unrelenting wolf.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- He spoke frankly and with considerable regret of these lawless years.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He had high animal spirits, and engaged in lawless enterprises.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- You feel, and I assure you you feel correctly, that you are not exactly in lawless hands.'
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- It is the sober who are demoralised by it, and not the lawless who are deterred.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- He is seduced into the life of pleasure, and becomes a lawless person and a rogue.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- But these lawless adventurers were as improvident as they were vicious and idle.
- Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
- And this therefore is the worst of all lawful governments, and the best of all lawless ones.
- Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
Synonyms for lawless
- anarchic
- anarchical
- anarchistic
- bad
- barbarous
- chaotic
- contumacious
- criminal
- despotic
- disobedient
- disordered
- disorderly
- evil
- fierce
- heterodox
- infringing
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- mutinous
- nihilistic
- noncompliant
- nonconformist
- piratical
- rebellious
- recusant
- revolutionary
- riotous
- savage
- seditious
- tempestuous
- terrorizing
- traitorous
- turbulent
- tyrannous
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- unorthodox
- unpeaceful
- unrestrained
- unruly
- untamed
- violent
- warlike
- wild
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