lawful
(adjective) conformable to or allowed by law; “lawful methods of dissent”
lawful, legitimate, licit
(adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; “a legitimate government”
lawful, true(a), rightful
(adjective) having a legally established claim; “the legitimate heir”; “the true and lawful king”
lawful, rule-governed
(adjective) according to custom or rule or natural law
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lawful (comparative more lawful, superlative most lawful)
(legal) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
Synonyms: just, legal, legitimate, licit
Antonyms: nonlawful, unlawful
Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
lawful (plural lawfuls)
(role-playing games) A character having a lawful alignment.
• awfull
Source: Wiktionary
Law"ful, a.
1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
2. Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands. Lawful age, the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the age of twenty-one years.
Note: In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman attains lawful age at eighteen. Abbott.
Syn.
– Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular; rightful.
– Lawful, Legal. Lawful means conformable to the principle, spirit, or essence of the law, and is applicable to moral as well as juridical law. Legal means conformable to the letter or rules of the law as it is administered in the courts; conformable to juridical law. Legal is often used as antithetical to equitable, but lawful is seldom used in that sense.
– Law"ful*ly, adv.
– Law"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
