illicitness

Examples

• All

• "The remainder of their hours together were tinged with sadness at the prospect of the long separation that lay ahead, as well as Johanna's unspoken discomfort at the illicitness of this relationship.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The illicitness of his actions led to his arrest and trial in court.

• She felt a thrill from the illicitness of reading her brother's diary without his permission.

• The discussion of illicitness surrounding the drug trade has become a major topic in politics.

Synonyms

W

wrongdoing

vsillicitness

117 3.7

Bad actions that break the law or moral rules

is focused on law violation specifically rather than moral failings

C

criminality

vsillicitness

24 5.6

The amount of crime or the number of people who break the law in an area

is about being not allowed by law, not only criminal involvement

I

illegality

vsillicitness

14 6.7

A state of being against the law

is the same legal state described by the key concept

I

illegitimacy

vsillicitness

• Formal

4 7.3

Something that the law does not allow

focuses on not being lawfully authorized rather than other prohibitions

L

lawbreaking

vsillicitness

3 3.8

An action that does not follow the law

refers to the general state of being not allowed by law rather than acts

U

unlawfulness

vsillicitness

• Formal

1 6.8

Not following the law

is the same idea, often used in formal or legal contexts

I

impermissibility

vsillicitness

• Formal

9.7

The state of something not being allowed by rules or law

restricts this to being forbidden specifically by law rather than rules

Antonyms

L

licitness

• Formal

9.9

Being allowed by law

How Illegal

criminality

24 5.6

illegality

14 6.7

illicitness

7.9

legality

• Specialized

42 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology