Thesaurus: lawless

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1. a. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.
2. a. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
3. a. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
4. adj. without law or control
5. adj. lax in enforcing laws
6. adj. disobedient to or defiant of law
7. 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.
8. j:100 s. disobedient to or defiant of law