licit

[ lis-it ]

/ ˈlɪs ɪt /

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adjective

legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.

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Origin of licit

1475–85; <Latin licitus permitted (past participle of licēre); replacing earlier licite<Middle French; see -ite²

OTHER WORDS FROM licit

lic·it·ly, adverb

Words nearby licit

lich gate, lichi, lich stone, licht, Lichtenstein, licit, lick, lick-alike, licker-in, lickerish, lickety-split

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How to use licit in a sentence

Basically, you put the Band of Brothers first: your natural desires a distant second (gay or straight, licit or illicit).
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Not Now|Ken Allard|February 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
To the vice of luxury was she so abandoned that lust she made licit in her law, to take away the blame she had incurred.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11|Various
His only act was to return a negative answer to the question whether it was licit to employ diabolic arts to save the city.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4|Henry Charles Lea
It remained for Aristotle to invent a genuine method of sorting out a licit from an illicit type of argument.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb

There are three fundamental conditions: 1, the consent; 2, a licit cause; 3, the capacity of the contracting parties.
Elements of Morals|Paul Janet
To make such a double-effect action licit there are four conditions which are explained in the chapter on Mutilation.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley

British Dictionary definitions for licit

licit

/ (ˈlɪsɪt) /

adjective

a less common word for lawful

Derived forms of licit

licitly, adverblicitness, noun

Word Origin for licit

C15: from Latin licitus permitted, from licēre to be permitted

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