lawfulness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English laufulnes, lahfulnesse, equivalent to lawful + -ness.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lawfulness (countable and uncountable, plural lawfulnesses)
- Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
- Antonyms: legalness; see also Thesaurus:legality
- Antonyms: unlawfulness, lawlessness, unlaw; see also Thesaurus:illegality
- Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws, such as laws of nature.
- 1961, Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy:
- The process of psychotherapy […] is a unique and dynamic experience, different for each individual, yet exhibiting a lawfulness and order which is astonishing in its generality.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]being lawful — see legality