Meaning & use
licit
Permitted or allowed by law or by an established set of rules; lawful.
See it in a sentence
The company insisted that all of its business dealings were entirely licit.
Regulators distinguish carefully between licit and illicit uses of the chemical.
A note on using this word
Much rarer in everyday speech than its opposite, 'illicit,' and mostly appears in formal or legal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
lawfullegal
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Words with an opposite meaning
illicitillegal
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