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legal

[lee-guhl] / ˈli gəl /
ADJECTIVE
allowable, permissible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid
WEAK
acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law
Antonyms
STRONGEST
illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful
WEAK
illicit wrong

Example Sentences

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It took legal action to take down 13 of the company’s business domains and shut down dozens of servers Ipidea used to run its residential proxy network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Meta Platforms has dropped hard amid concerns about artificial-intelligence spending and legal judgments against the social-media company.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Williams Jr.’s legal representation did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Even though off-road scramblers have been illegal on public roads since July 2023 in Ireland, the Irish government hopes the new law will bring "additional legal clarity".

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Perhaps he thought he could control his illness and didn’t believe that he was dying until he was too ill to think about legal documents.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.