Definitions

lawful

[law-fuhl] / ˈlɔ fəl /

ADJECTIVE

allowable, legitimate

Synonyms

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authorized constitutional justifiable legal permissible proper rightful statutory valid

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bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded condign decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just kosher legalized legislated legit legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered passed protected ruled vested warrantable warranted

Antonyms

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illegal illegitimate incorrect unacceptable wrong

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illicit prohibited taboo unlawful

Example Sentences

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Gloucestershire Constabulary attended the protest to "enable lawful peaceful protest".

From BBC

The Pentagon has said the military must be able to use technology "for all lawful purposes" and argued those feared uses would violate the law and were not planned.

From BBC

A Pentagon official said Thursday: "From the very beginning, this has been about one fundamental principle: the military being able to use technology for all lawful purposes."

From BBC

The official said the military wouldn’t allow a vendor to insert itself into the chain of command and put members of the armed services at risk by restricting the lawful use of a critical capability.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the PM said he was not prepared for the UK to join a war without "a lawful basis and a viable, thought-through plan".

From BBC

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