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Law·less, a.
1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.
He needs no indirect nor lawless course. --Shak.
2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
3. 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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lawless
adj 1: without law or control; "the system is economically
inefficient and politically anarchic" [syn: anarchic,
anarchical]
2: lax in enforcing laws; "an open town" [syn: open, wide-open]
3: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
plains" [syn: outlaw(a)]