Lawful

Quick meaning: Lawful is an adjective meaning (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

Meaning

(law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

More Meanings

1. Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
2. (roleplaying games) Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.
3. (roleplaying games) A character having a lawful alignment.

Example Sentences

[Pete] Hegseth demanded full and unrestricted access to all Anthropic’s AI models for every lawful purpose.

[…] so that the person's actions are merely the inevitable product of lawful causes stemming from prior events […]

Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.

Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?

Word Forms

• lawfull
• lawfuls

Synonyms for lawful

Depending on context, synonyms include legal, legitimate, licit, rightful, just, true.

Antonyms for lawful

Common opposites include forbidden, unlawful, nonlawful, illicit, crimeful, criminal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include legitimate, legal, rightful, true, observant, orderly.

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