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Definition of licit adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

licit

adjective

/ˈlɪsɪt/

/ˈlɪsɪt/

(formal)

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allowed or legal opposite illicitTopics Permission and obligationc2
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin licitus ‘allowed’, from the verb licere.

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