- 8. Uniform and constant operation (of any natural force under the same conditions), method of the divine
agency, God in nature, Nature.
Lawful, a.
- 1. Legal, legalized, legitimate, constitutional, constituted.
- 2. Allowable, permissible.
- 3. Rightful, just, proper.
Lawfulness, n.
- 1. Legality, conformity to law.
- 2. Allowableness, permissibleness, permissibility.
Lawgiver, n. Legislator, lawmaker.
Lawsuit, n. Action, suit in law.
Lawyer, n. Counsellor, counsel, advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, solicitor, barrister, limb of the law.
Lax, a.
- 1. Loose, slack, relaxed.
- 2. Soft, flabby, drooping, relaxed.
- 3. Remiss, negligent, neglectful.
- 4. Latitudinarian (which see).
- 5. Licentious, dissolute, loose.
Laxative, a. Loosening, aperient, deobstruent, purgative.
Laxative, n. Laxative medicine, purgative, aperient, deobstruent.
Laxity, n.
- 1. Looseness, slackness, laxness.
- 2. Remissness, negligence.