legality

le·gal·i·ty

noun \li-ˈga-lə-tē\

plural le·gal·i·ties

Definition of LEGALITY

1

: attachment to or observance of law

2

: the quality or state of being legal : lawfulness

3

plural : obligations imposed by law

Examples of LEGALITY

1. <the senator questioned the legality of the proposed espionage operation>

First Known Use of LEGALITY

15th century

Related to LEGALITY

Synonyms: lawfulness, legitimacy

Antonyms: illegality, illegitimacy, unlawfulness, wrongfulness

Related Words: rightfulness, rightness; permissibility, permissibleness

Near Antonyms: badness, immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, unjustness, wickedness, wrongness; criminality, unconstitutionality

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Rhymes with LEGALITY

anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality