lawfulness
lawfulness noun: property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
Noun
lawfulness (countable and uncountable, plural lawfulnesses)
- Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
- His extreme lawfulness made him righteous, but did it make him merciful?
- Antonyms:
- legalness, legality, unlawfulness, lawlessness, unlaw, illegality, illegalness
- Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws, such as laws of nature.
- The process of psychotherapy […] is a unique and dynamic experience, different for each individual, yet exhibiting a lawfulness and order which is astonishing in its generality.1961, Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
Antonyms of lawfulness
Forms of lawfulness
| plural | lawfulnesses |
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Origin of lawfulness
From Middle English laufulnes, lahfulnesse, equivalent to lawful + -ness.
Questions about lawfulness
- What does lawfulness mean?
- Lawfulness means property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
- What part of speech is lawfulness?
- Lawfulness is a noun.
- What is the plural of lawfulness?
- The plural of lawfulness is lawfulnesses.
Words near lawfulness in the dictionary
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