lawful

CEFRC1

/ˈlɔːfl̩/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Allowed or required by law.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.

Examples

  • He is the lawful owner of the company.

  • He recognized his son as lawful heir.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈloːfl̩/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.

  2. Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A character having a lawful alignment.

More examples

In context

  • Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.

  • [Pete] Hegseth demanded full and unrestricted access to all Anthropic’s AI models for every lawful purpose.

  • […] so that the person's actions are merely the inevitable product of lawful causes stemming from prior events […]

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The company's financial actions were completely blank and in line with all regulations.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law + -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.