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lawfulness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lawfulness

the quality or state of being legal

  • the lawyers had to work for weeks to determine the lawfulness of the proposed contract
Synonyms of lawfulness

legality, legitimacy
Words Related to lawfulness

rightfulness, rightness

permissibility, permissibleness
Near Antonyms of lawfulness

badness, immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, unjustness, wickedness, wrongness

criminality, unconstitutionality
Antonyms of lawfulness

illegality, illegitimacy, unlawfulness, wrongfulness

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