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ILLICITNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does illicitness mean? 

ILLICITNESS (noun)
  The noun ILLICITNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of not conforming strictly to lawplay

  Familiarity information: ILLICITNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ILLICITNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of not conforming strictly to law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("illicitness" is a kind of...):

unlawfulness (the quality of failing to conform to law)

Antonym:

licitness (the quality of strictly conforming to law)

Derivation:

illicit (contrary to or forbidden by law)


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