LAWLESS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak.

2.
a.

Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.

3.
a.

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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