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English Dictionary: lawless by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lawless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lawless
adj
  1. without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"
    Synonym(s): anarchic, anarchical, lawless
  2. lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town"
    Synonym(s): wide-open, lawless
  3. disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
    Synonym(s): lawless, outlaw(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lawless \Law"less\, a.
      1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a
            lawless claim.
  
                     He needs no indirect nor lawless course. --Shak.
  
      2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or
            of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
  
      3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
  
                     Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void.
                                                                              --Pope.
            -- {Law"less*ly}, adv. -- {Law"less*ness}, n.
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