Synonyms for lawfulness
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
His extreme lawfulness made him righteous, but did it make him merciful?
Related words
- Word family
- lawgiver
Forms
- Plural
- lawfulnesses → legitimacies, justices, rights…
Choose the right word
Lawfulness is an ambiguous word, meaning in its narrower sense mere legality, which may be very far from justice, but in its higher sense signifying accordance with the supreme law of right, and thus including perfect justice.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- justice Martin Luther King spent his life seeking justice.
- legitimacy I don't accept the legitimacy of this government.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lawfulness | falling | |
| justice | rising | |
| legitimacy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- right1
- 7 letters
- justice2
- 10 letters
- legitimacy5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (justice2 = 2 syllables).