licit

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlɪsɪt/ UK /ˈlɪsɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
permitted by law; lawful

The trade in those goods is entirely licit.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · permitted by law; lawful lawful legal legitimate permitted permissible sanctioned

Opposites

illicit unlawful illegal forbidden

Word family

Derived forms licitlylicitness

Related forms license licence licentious

Etymology

From Latin licitus ('permitted, allowed'), past participle of licēre ('to be permitted, be lawful').

licitus Latin licēre Latin

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Describing Qualities

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