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

licit

adjective
 
/ˈlɪsɪt/
 
/ˈlɪsɪt/
 (formal)
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  1. allowed or legal opposite illicitTopics Permission and obligationc2
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin licitus ‘allowed’, from the verb licere.
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