licitness

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licitness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Licit \Lic"it\ (l[i^]s"[i^]t), a. [L. licitus permitted, lawful,
     from licere: cf. F. licite. See License.]
     Lawful. "Licit establishments." --Carlyle. -- Lic"it*ly,
     adv. -- Lic"it*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

licitness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  licitness
      n 1: the quality of strictly conforming to law [ant:
           illicitness]