lawfulness

法制, 合法

发音

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词形变化

lawfulnesses 复数 lawfulnesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws, such as laws of nature.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.

    可数 不可数

    His extreme lawfulness made him righteous, but did it make him merciful?

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

unlawfulness

上位词 1

quality

下位词 3

legitimacy legality licitness

词源

From Middle English laufulnes, lahfulnesse, equivalent to lawful + -ness.

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