Antonyms for lawful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : law-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ fəl

Definition of lawful

Origin : c.1300, laghful; cf. Old Norse logfullr (see law). Related: Lawfully; lawfulness.

adj allowable, legitimate

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for lawful

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