lawless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   disobedient to or defiant of law

   Lawless bands roaming the plains.

2. 2
   adj

   Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.

   This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.

3. 3
   adj

   Not restrained by the law or by discipline; disorderly, unruly.

   On why leaving lawless places and leaving pseudovirtuous groups is loving such places and groups.

4. 4
   adj

   without law or control

From Middle English laweles; equivalent to law + -less. Cognate with Danish lovløs (“lawless”), Swedish laglös (“lawless”), Norwegian lovløs (“lawless”), Icelandic löglaus (“lawless”).

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