law-abiding
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adjective \ˈlȯ-ə-ˌbī-diŋ\Definition of LAW-ABIDING
: abiding by or obedient to the law <law–abiding citizens>
— law–abid·ing·ness noun
See First Known Use of LAW-ABIDING
1834
Related to LAW-ABIDING
- Synonyms
- amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, law-abiding, submissive, tractable
- Antonyms
- balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)
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