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Licit

adjective
1.
Sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality.
2.
Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law.  Synonyms: lawful, legitimate.



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"Licit" Quotes from Famous Books



... the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance that results in physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... of the world's major suppliers of licit opiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas of opium poppy cultivation and output of poppy ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... one to the other. If not, the divine attribute, whatever else it may be, is not goodness, and ought not to be called by the name." Now the question really at issue is not whether the "Rationalist" argument is licit or illicit, but whether, in its lawful use, it is to be regarded as infallible or fallible. We have already quoted a portion of Mr. Mansel's language on this point; we will now quote two more passages, which, without any ...
— The Philosophy of the Conditioned • H. L. Mansel


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