Meaning of LAWLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'lolis
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- [adj] without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"
- [adj] disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
- [adj] lax in enforcing laws; "an open town"
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| | Synonyms: | | anarchic, anarchical, open, outlaw(a), uncontrolled, unlawful, wide-open |
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| | Definition: | |  Lawless
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Law"less\, a.
1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a
lawless claim.
He needs no indirect nor lawless course. --Shak.
2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or
of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void.
--Pope.
-- {Law"less*ly}, adv. -- {Law"less*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchical, anarchistic, anomic, black-market, bootleg, chaotic, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, corrupt, criminal, crooked, dishonest, disobedient, felonious, flagitious, flawed, froward, headstrong, heady, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, indisciplined, iniquitous, insubordinate, irregular, irresponsible, justiciable, larcenous, licentious, mutinous, naughty, nefarious, nonconforming, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, obstinate, outlaw, outlawed, punishable, rampant, recusant, reinless, self-willed, sinful, transgressive, treacherous, triable, unaccountable, unallowed, unauthorized, unbridled, unchecked, uncomplying, unconstitutional, uncontrolled, uncurbed, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful, ungoverned, unlawful, unofficial, unreined, unrestrained, unruly, unstatutory, unwarrantable, unwarranted, venal, villainous, violative, wayward, wicked, wildcat, willful, wrongful |
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