Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lawless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lawless \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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)}]
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