licit
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈlɪs.ɪt/
licit
- Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
- Undated, Pope Honorius III Solet Annuere (anonymous translator),
- Let it not be in any way licit to anyone among men to infringe this page of our confirmation, or to contravene it with rash daring.
- 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Weir of Hermiston, Chapter 4
- You seem to have been very much offended because your father talks a little sculduddery after dinner, which it is perfectly licit for him to do, [...]
- 2008, July 27, Jeremy Seabrook, "Obama and the illusion of leadership ↗", The Guardian,
- [T]he vanity of efforts to deter humanity from following this licit and highly profitable mobility, clearly indicate the limits of their [leaders'] power.
- Undated, Pope Honorius III Solet Annuere (anonymous translator),
- (legal) Explicitly established or constituted by law.
- 1913, Joseph Selinger, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage"
- The contract validly made and consummated is dissolved by death alone. However, the Church must determine what is required for a valid and licit marriage contract.
- 1913, Joseph Selinger, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage"
- (not forbidden) lawful, appropriate, legit, legitimate
- (constituted) established, lawful, legal
- (legal) illicit
- Spanish: lícito
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