Licit

Word LICIT
Character 5
Hyphenation lic it
Pronunciations /ˈlɪs.ɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Licit"

What do we mean by licit?

Permitted by law; legal. adjective

Lawful; allowable: opposed to illicit: as, “licit establishments,”

Synonyms Legal, etc. See lawful.

Lawful. adjective

Not forbidden by formal or informal rules. adjective

Explicitly established or constituted by law. adjective

Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law adjective

Sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality adjective

Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.

Explicitly established or constituted by law.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Licit

The word "licit" in example sentences

Hearing boys shouting and F'licit's steam-whistle shrieks, he had dropped the rail he was holding and rushed down the hill, thinking that she was being tormented. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

While there were sufficient controls over "licit" narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and "precursor" chemicals used to make illicit drugs, implementation was hampered by a lack of co-ordination. ❋ Unknown (2005)

This has be my last reiteration of the matter, which folks can agree with or not as they see fit, but: there is no doubt but that in canon law the calling of a priest to one's deathbed is one of the classic "signs of repentance" that renders licit the eccl. funeral of a grave public sinner. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From helping grape-growers in Afghanistan to training the news media in Egypt; from instructing education ministry workers in Iraq to developing licit agriculture in Colombia; from building better health service delivery to creating capacity for data-based policy decision-making; our work helps transform societies in permanent ways, helping those who need it most and supporting US policies overseas. ❋ Betsy Bassan (2011)

Dr. Smith's assertion about licit kinds of foreplay is indeed old orthodoxy teaching. ❋ Unknown (2009)

E-textiles, likely to end up as part of the licit and widespread export of clothing to developing countries, will simply add fuel to the fire of this market. ❋ Reid Lifset (2011)

The Gradual propers are strongly recommended by the GIRM, so these are just as useful now as then, and remember that there is no official translation of the Gradual propers, so these are perfectly fine for use in any parish (but not within the Extraordinary Form; they would be useful for the 1965 Mass but I don't believe that this Missal is licit in any venue). ❋ Unknown (2009)

No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself, and proclaimed by the Church. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The ONDCP 2011 National Drug Control Strategy seems to be aware of the fact that we cannot simply battle illicit drugs; we must dig deeper and address the root of the problem -- widespread drug demand for both licit and illicit drugs. ❋ Deni Carise (2011)

There's no scarcity of reliable information about Iran's nuclear programs, licit and illicit. ❋ Bret Stephens (2011)

Who can gain licit or illicit access to this information the Chinese government? and how it might be used are the great unaddressed issues. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

This is like a lobby group composed of publicans and fanatically loyal customers asserting that the consumption of alcohol is only licit inside of a licensed premises, that any consumption outside of such is illicit. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Some of us are even called to impose pain on ourselves as a spiritual discipline (the late Pope John Paul II whipped himself) and sometimes it can be imposed on other people for their own correction - I think corporal and capital punishment are licit, for example. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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