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lawfulness vs legality

legality vs lawfulness

lawfulness and legality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lawfulness Yes No No No
legality Yes No No No
As nouns, legality is a hyponym of lawfulness; that is, legality is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lawfulness:
  • lawfulness: the quality of conforming to law
  • legality: lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
Other hyponyms of lawfulness include legitimacy, licitness, semi-legality, semilegality.
lawfulness (noun) legality (noun)
the quality of conforming to law lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
Difference between lawfulness and legality

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