lawful
Meanings
Plural: lawfuls
Adjective
- conformable to or allowed by law
- "lawful methods of dissent"
Adjective Satellite
- according to custom or rule or natural law
- having a legally established claim
- "the true and lawful king"
- authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
Adj
- Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
- Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
- Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.
Noun
- A character having a lawful alignment.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law + -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.
Scrabble Score: 12
lawful is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordlawful is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lawful is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
lawful is a valid Words With Friends word