"lawfulness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lawfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English laufulnes, lahfulnesse, equivalent to lawful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|laufulnes}} Middle English laufulnes, {{af|en|lawful|-ness}} lawful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lawfulness (countable and uncountable, plural lawfulnesses)
  1. Property of being lawful, of obeying the law. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lawfulness-en-noun-V~0I6bQs
  2. Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lawfulness-en-noun-Es7ZBxhI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81

Inflected forms

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