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Synonyms for lawful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : law-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for lawful Other synonyms for the word lawful
- canonical
- card-carrying
- commanded
- condign
- decreed
- due
- enacted
- enforced
- enjoined
- established
- innocent
- judged
- judicial
- jural
- juridical
- jurisprudent
- just
- kosher
- legalized
- legislated
- legit
- legitimatized
- licit
- mandated
- of right
- official
- on the level
- on the up and up
- ordained
- ordered
- passed
- protected
- ruled
- vested
- warrantable
- warranted
Définition of lawful
Origin :- c.1300, laghful; cf. Old Norse logfullr (see law). Related: Lawfully; lawfulness.
- adj allowable, legitimate
- No man ventured to interfere with this lawful exercise of his authority.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- No lawful passion can ever be so bewildering or ecstatic as an unlawful one.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- To wish to obtain something in a lawful way is not coveting.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- But I had a feelin' that Josiah Allen wuz, as you may say, my lawful prey.
- Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 1. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
- These I pinned, as a lawful prize, being in an enemy's country.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The gentlemen considered a niece of Mrs. Stanhope as their lawful prize.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The lawful sons of a Beaufort were not born to beg their bread!
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Let not those blush who have,” said Fuller, “but those who have not a lawful calling.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Ask me why a husband should pay his wife—his lawful wife—when he has the right?
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
Antonyms for lawful
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