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ILLICITNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does illicitness mean?

• ILLICITNESS (noun)
The noun ILLICITNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of not conforming strictly to law

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

Dictionary entry details

• ILLICITNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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