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lawfulness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lawfulness has 1 sense
- lawfulness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of conforming to law; Array is a kind of quality
has particulars: legality, legitimacy, licitness
Derived forms adjective lawful1, adjective lawful4, adjective lawful3
Antonym: unlawfulness
THESAURUS
lawfulness
actionability, admissibility, admissibleness, allowableness, applicability, constitutional validity, constitutionalism, constitutionality, defensibility, drumhead justice, due process, dueness, equitableness, equity, evenhandedness, give-and-take, jurisdiction, justice, justiciability, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, legal form, legal process, legalism, legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, licitness, measure for measure, meetness, nemesis, permissibility, permissibleness, poetic justice, properness, propriety, retributive justice, right, rightfulness, rightness, rude justice, sanctionableness, scales of justice, scope, summary justice, validity, warrantability, warrantableness, warrantedness, what is right
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