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ILLICIT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contrary to or forbidden by law
Example:
unlawful measures
Synonyms:
illegitimate; illicit; outlaw; outlawed; unlawful
Classified under:
Similar:
illegal (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules)
Derivation:
illicitness (the quality of not conforming strictly to law)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
Example:
an illicit association with his secretary
Classified under:
Similar:
adulterous; extracurricular; extramarital (characterized by adultery)
unlawful (not morally right or permissible)
Antonym:
licit (sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality)
