Meaning

3 senses
  1. Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

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

    gesetzlich, legal, rechtsmäßig

    зако́нныйzakónnyj, лега́льныйlegálʹnyj, правоме́рныйpravomérnyj

  2. Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.

    according to custom or rule or natural law

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

Examples

6 sentences
  1. He is the lawful owner of the company.

    ruОн законный владелец компании. — afyodor

  2. He recognized his son as lawful heir.

    ruОн признал своего сына законным наследником. — afyodor

  3. We need to handle this in a lawful manner.

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  4. Is it lawful to conscript such young men against their will?

  5. A totally lawless state will be quite lawful carried through space and time.

    deEin völlig gesetzloser Zustand wird völlig gesetzmäßig durch Raum und Zeit getragen. — Manfredo

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
conforming to or recognised by law or rules:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
conforming to or recognised by law or rules:

Origin

From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law + -ful, conflated with Middle English leful

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.

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Forms

more lawful, most lawful
Comparativemore lawful Lesson
Superlativemost lawful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

11 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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