LAWLESS

anarchic, anarchical, lawless

(adjective) without law or control; “the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic”

lawless, outlaw

(adjective) disobedient to or defiant of law; “lawless bands roaming the plains”

lawless, wide-open

(adjective) lax in enforcing laws; “a wide-open town”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

lawless (comparative more lawless, superlative most lawless)

Not governed by any law.

Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.

Not restrained by the law or by discipline; disorderly, unruly.

Anagrams

• Wassell

Source: Wiktionary


Law"less, a.

1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak.

2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.

3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled. Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void. Pope.

– Law"less*ly, adv.

– Law"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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