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