legality

legality

noun

Definition of LEGALITY

the quality or state of being legal <the senator questioned the legality of the proposed espionage operation>

Synonyms lawfulness, legitimacy

Related Words rightfulness, rightness; permissibility, permissibleness

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

Antonyms illegality, illegitimacy, unlawfulness, wrongfulness