lawful synonyms

lawful

modif.

legitimate, legal, legalized, rightful, just, right, valid, statutory, passed, decreed, judged, commanded, ruled, enjoined, ordained, ordered, mandated, authorized, according to edict, constitutional, adjudged, legislated, enacted, official, according to fiat, enforced, protected, licit, vested, within the law, in conformity to the law, conformable with the law, legitimatized, canonical, established; see also legal 1, permitted.

Antonyms illegal*, unlawful*, illegitimate. See syn. study at legal.legal.

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