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law-abiding
adjective as in honest
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adjective as in honorable
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adjective as in obedient
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- acquiescent
- amenable
- at one's beck and call
- biddable
- complaisant
- controllable
- docious
- duteous
- governable
- honoring
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- obeisant
- obliging
- observant
- on a string
- pliant
- regardful
- resigned
- reverential
- sheeplike
- tame
- tractable
- under control
- venerating
- well-trained
- willing
- wrapped around finger
- yielding
adjective as in ordered
adjective as in orderly
adjective as in righteous
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- angelic
- blameless
- charitable
- commendable
- creditable
- deserving
- devoted
- devout
- dutiful
- equitable
- exemplary
- fair
- faithful
- godlike
- guiltless
- holy
- impartial
- innocent
- irreproachable
- just
- laudable
- matchless
- meritorious
- moral
- peerless
- philanthropic
- philanthropical
- praiseworthy
- punctilious
- reverent
- right-minded
- saintly
- scrupulous
- sinless
- sterling
- trustworthy
- worthy
adjective as in solid
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adjective as in straight
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Example Sentences
The cops had come up short, unable to find the two men in a sea of several hundred thousand law-abiding people.
Most Muslims, like most people everywhere, are peaceable and law-abiding.
The majority of these people are hardworking, law-abiding citizens who believe in strong family values.
She makes bold statements that IQ, law-abiding or -breaking tendencies and political alignment are all genetically determined.
I completely support the right of law-abiding citizens to own and use guns for sport and self-protection.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
To be law-abiding means to acquiesce, if not directly participate, in that conspiracy.
They're bipeds—lizardoid rather than humanoid—and are a fairly intelligent and law-abiding lot.
They seemed to him, both for their possessions and their law-abiding disposition, to be worthy of baronies at least.
If the 'big ones' were as law-abiding as the 'little ones' there would be little need for criminal courts and jails.
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On this page you'll find 336 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to law-abiding, such as: authentic, conscientious, decent, equitable, fair, and forthright.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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