Licit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Licit \Lic"it\ (l[i^]s"[i^]t), a. [L. licitus permitted, lawful,
     from licere: cf. F. licite. See {License}.]
     Lawful. "Licit establishments." --Carlyle. -- {Lic"it*ly},
     adv. -- {Lic"it*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  licit
       adj 1: sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality;
              "a wife's licit love" [ant: {illicit}]
       2: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a
          legitimate government" [syn: {lawful}, {legitimate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "licit":
     actionable, admissible, allowable, applicable, approved,
     authorized, competent, constitutional, innocent, judicial,
     juridical, just, justiciable, justifiable, kosher, lawful,
     lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, legitimized,
     licensed, permissible, rightful, sanctionable, sanctioned,
     statutory, valid, warrantable, within the law