lawful 音标拼音: [l'ɔfəl]
a . 法律许可的,守法的,合法的
法律许可的,守法的,合法的
lawful adj 1 :
conformable to or allowed by law ; "
lawful methods of dissent " [
ant : {
unlawful }]
2 :
according to custom or rule or natural law [
synonym : {
lawful },
{
rule -
governed }]
3 :
having a legally established claim ; "
the legitimate heir ";
"
the true and lawful king " [
synonym : {
true (
a )}, {
lawful },
{
rightful (
a )}]
4 :
authorized ,
sanctioned by ,
or in accordance with law ; "
a legitimate government " [
synonym : {
lawful }, {
legitimate }, {
licit }]
Lawful \
Law "
ful \,
a .
1 .
Conformable to law ;
allowed by law ;
legitimate ;
competent .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Constituted or authorized by law ;
rightful ;
as ,
the lawful owner of lands .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Lawful age },
the age when the law recognizes one '
s right of independent action ;
majority ; --
generally the age of twenty -
one years .
Also called {
legal age }
or {
age of majority }.
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Note :
In some of the States ,
and for some purposes ,
a woman attains lawful age at eighteen . --
Abbott .
Syn :
Legal ;
constitutional ;
allowable ;
regular ;
rightful .
Usage : {
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lawful ":
actionable ,
admissible ,
allowable ,
allowed ,
applicable ,
authentic ,
authoritative ,
authorized ,
balanced ,
binding ,
bona fide ,
candid ,
card -
carrying ,
cogent ,
competent ,
consistent ,
constitutional ,
de jure ,
defensible ,
deserved ,
dinkum ,
due ,
equitable ,
even ,
evenhanded ,
fair ,
fair and square ,
fit ,
following the letter ,
genuine ,
good ,
honest ,
honest -
to -
God ,
inartificial ,
judicial ,
juridical ,
just ,
justiciable ,
justifiable ,
justified ,
kosher ,
lawmaking ,
legal ,
legislative ,
legit ,
legitimate ,
legitimized ,
level ,
licit ,
lifelike ,
literal ,
logical ,
meet ,
meet and right ,
merited ,
natural ,
naturalistic ,
original ,
permissible ,
permitted ,
proper ,
pure ,
real ,
realistic ,
right ,
right and proper ,
rightful ,
sanctionable ,
sanctioned ,
self -
consistent ,
simon -
pure ,
simple ,
sincere ,
solid ,
sound ,
square ,
statutory ,
sterling ,
substantial ,
sufficient ,
sure -
enough ,
true to life ,
true to nature ,
true to reality ,
unadulterated ,
unaffected ,
unassumed ,
unassuming ,
uncolored ,
unconcocted ,
uncopied ,
uncounterfeited ,
undisguised ,
undisguising ,
undistorted ,
unexaggerated ,
unfabricated ,
unfanciful ,
unfeigned ,
unfeigning ,
unfictitious ,
unflattering ,
unimagined ,
unimitated ,
uninvented ,
unpretended ,
unpretending ,
unqualified ,
unromantic ,
unsimulated ,
unspecious ,
unsynthetic ,
unvarnished ,
valid ,
verbal ,
verbatim ,
veridical ,
verisimilar ,
warrantable ,
warranted ,
weighty ,
well -
founded ,
well -
grounded ,
within the law ,
word -
for -
word
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