Dictionary entry

Lawless

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Law″less, a. 1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.

He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak.

2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.

3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.

Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void. Pope.

— Law″less‐ly, adv. — Law″less‐ness, n.