legalness

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legalness

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From legal + -ness. Piecewise doublet of lealness and loyalness.

noun

  1. uncountable The state of being legal, or within the law. The legalness of the act does not change its immorality, only whether you can be arrested for it.

    Opposite: lawfulness, legality, legalness, unlawfulness, illegality, illegalness, lawlessness, unlaw

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@misc{legalness_2026,
  title = {legalness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/legalness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}