Definition of licit in English:

licit

adjective ˈlɪsɪtˈlɪsɪt

Not forbidden; lawful.
非违禁的；合法的
usage patterns differ between licit and illicit drugs
合法药物和非法药物的用法类型是不同的。
Example sentencesExamples
- The legislation introduces a number of provisions aimed to ensure that medicines are used safely and for licit purposes.
- Printers themselves were expected to monitor the boundaries between licit and illicit content in their works.
- Our paper has conceptualized both the location of drug dealing and licit business establishments as outcomes of collective efficacy.
- In 1924 a United States law banning licit diamorphine was passed, but this was often ignored by local authorities.
- This points to the need of an authority capable of making the distinctions necessitated by the various circumstances that affect the description of an action as licit or illicit.
- The Board noted with concern the continuing global disparities in the actual availability and the unjustifiable discrepancies in the consumption of important licit narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in different regions.
- Observers wonder what is the difference between licit and illicit antiquities dealers, given how much of the material comes from sites.
- In any case, comparison with licit drugs such as tobacco and alcohol hardly provides a model for legalisation.
- What it provides, however, is a set of criteria by which a potential military action might be judged morally licit or illicit.
- The use of force to obtain justice is morally licit in itself.
- Adherents generally do not distinguish between licit and illicit substances, but view all drugs as having potential for doing good or ill.
- Among persons that continued to sustain arrests in Manhattan, both licit and illicit substance use tended to persist throughout mid-life.
- The latter is much more plausible for drug sellers than for licit businesses because drug enterprises are essentially never driven out of business by negative accounting profits.
- In this, while the drug of choice differed, their patterns of consumption were not markedly different from commonly found ‘normal’ patterns of consumption of licit drugs such as alcohol.
- The actual trade routes are another interesting difference between licit and illicit trade.
- Divisions between illicit and licit discursive morality conditioned everyday discursive practices via offensive and exclusionary practices.
- It also indicates the close association at times between licit medicines and illicit drugs and the common terrain of human physiology.
- Thus few priests by the 1920s were commending ‘periodic continence’ to their most troubled penitents, although it was licit for them to do so.
- Moreover, one can raise no objection when a churchman expresses his concern regarding the material well-being of families and suggests that morally licit methods of improving it should be pursued.
- Without interdiction and eradication as disincentives, growers are unlikely to abandon more lucrative and easily cultivated coca crops in favor of less profitable and harder to grow licit crops or to pursue legal employment.
Synonyms
legitimate, permissible, admissible, allowable, acceptable
permitted, valid, allowed, approved, sanctioned, authorized, warranted, recognized, bona fide, genuine, rightful, right, proper, above board, going by the rules
lawful, legal, constitutional, statutory, statutable, legalized, within the law, licensed, official
informal legit, kosher, by the book

Derivatives

licitly

adverb

Of course, we may not deny people even gratuitous favors out of hatred or contempt, but that does not entail that we may not licitly choose to bestow favors instead on those to whom we feel more warmly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Is there any room, in your view, for lay boards to licitly have more power?
- The document said that priests should only give Communion to Catholics, and Catholics could licitly receive the sacraments only from Catholic ministers.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin licitus 'allowed', from the verb licere.

Rhymes

complicit, elicit, explicit, illicit, implicit, solicit

Definition of licit in US English:

licit

adjectiveˈlɪsɪtˈlisit

Not forbidden; lawful.
非违禁的；合法的
licit and illicit drugs
Example sentencesExamples
- Printers themselves were expected to monitor the boundaries between licit and illicit content in their works.
- In 1924 a United States law banning licit diamorphine was passed, but this was often ignored by local authorities.
- Among persons that continued to sustain arrests in Manhattan, both licit and illicit substance use tended to persist throughout mid-life.
- Divisions between illicit and licit discursive morality conditioned everyday discursive practices via offensive and exclusionary practices.
- The Board noted with concern the continuing global disparities in the actual availability and the unjustifiable discrepancies in the consumption of important licit narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in different regions.
- The latter is much more plausible for drug sellers than for licit businesses because drug enterprises are essentially never driven out of business by negative accounting profits.
- This points to the need of an authority capable of making the distinctions necessitated by the various circumstances that affect the description of an action as licit or illicit.
- Adherents generally do not distinguish between licit and illicit substances, but view all drugs as having potential for doing good or ill.
- The legislation introduces a number of provisions aimed to ensure that medicines are used safely and for licit purposes.
- Thus few priests by the 1920s were commending ‘periodic continence’ to their most troubled penitents, although it was licit for them to do so.
- What it provides, however, is a set of criteria by which a potential military action might be judged morally licit or illicit.
- Moreover, one can raise no objection when a churchman expresses his concern regarding the material well-being of families and suggests that morally licit methods of improving it should be pursued.
- In this, while the drug of choice differed, their patterns of consumption were not markedly different from commonly found ‘normal’ patterns of consumption of licit drugs such as alcohol.
- Our paper has conceptualized both the location of drug dealing and licit business establishments as outcomes of collective efficacy.
- Without interdiction and eradication as disincentives, growers are unlikely to abandon more lucrative and easily cultivated coca crops in favor of less profitable and harder to grow licit crops or to pursue legal employment.
- The use of force to obtain justice is morally licit in itself.
- Observers wonder what is the difference between licit and illicit antiquities dealers, given how much of the material comes from sites.
- It also indicates the close association at times between licit medicines and illicit drugs and the common terrain of human physiology.
- In any case, comparison with licit drugs such as tobacco and alcohol hardly provides a model for legalisation.
- The actual trade routes are another interesting difference between licit and illicit trade.
Synonyms
legitimate, permissible, admissible, allowable, acceptable

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin licitus ‘allowed’, from the verb licere.

单词	licit
释义	Definition of licit in English: licit adjective ˈlɪsɪtˈlɪsɪt Not forbidden; lawful. 非违禁的；合法的 usage patterns differ between licit and illicit drugs 合法药物和非法药物的用法类型是不同的。 Example sentencesExamples The legislation introduces a number of provisions aimed to ensure that medicines are used safely and for licit purposes. Printers themselves were expected to monitor the boundaries between licit and illicit content in their works. Our paper has conceptualized both the location of drug dealing and licit business establishments as outcomes of collective efficacy. In 1924 a United States law banning licit diamorphine was passed, but this was often ignored by local authorities. This points to the need of an authority capable of making the distinctions necessitated by the various circumstances that affect the description of an action as licit or illicit. The Board noted with concern the continuing global disparities in the actual availability and the unjustifiable discrepancies in the consumption of important licit narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in different regions. Observers wonder what is the difference between licit and illicit antiquities dealers, given how much of the material comes from sites. In any case, comparison with licit drugs such as tobacco and alcohol hardly provides a model for legalisation. What it provides, however, is a set of criteria by which a potential military action might be judged morally licit or illicit. The use of force to obtain justice is morally licit in itself. Adherents generally do not distinguish between licit and illicit substances, but view all drugs as having potential for doing good or ill. Among persons that continued to sustain arrests in Manhattan, both licit and illicit substance use tended to persist throughout mid-life. The latter is much more plausible for drug sellers than for licit businesses because drug enterprises are essentially never driven out of business by negative accounting profits. In this, while the drug of choice differed, their patterns of consumption were not markedly different from commonly found ‘normal’ patterns of consumption of licit drugs such as alcohol. The actual trade routes are another interesting difference between licit and illicit trade. Divisions between illicit and licit discursive morality conditioned everyday discursive practices via offensive and exclusionary practices. It also indicates the close association at times between licit medicines and illicit drugs and the common terrain of human physiology. Thus few priests by the 1920s were commending ‘periodic continence’ to their most troubled penitents, although it was licit for them to do so. Moreover, one can raise no objection when a churchman expresses his concern regarding the material well-being of families and suggests that morally licit methods of improving it should be pursued. Without interdiction and eradication as disincentives, growers are unlikely to abandon more lucrative and easily cultivated coca crops in favor of less profitable and harder to grow licit crops or to pursue legal employment. Synonyms legitimate, permissible, admissible, allowable, acceptable permitted, valid, allowed, approved, sanctioned, authorized, warranted, recognized, bona fide, genuine, rightful, right, proper, above board, going by the rules lawful, legal, constitutional, statutory, statutable, legalized, within the law, licensed, official informal legit, kosher, by the book Derivatives licitly adverb Of course, we may not deny people even gratuitous favors out of hatred or contempt, but that does not entail that we may not licitly choose to bestow favors instead on those to whom we feel more warmly. Example sentencesExamples Is there any room, in your view, for lay boards to licitly have more power? The document said that priests should only give Communion to Catholics, and Catholics could licitly receive the sacraments only from Catholic ministers. Origin Late 15th century: from Latin licitus 'allowed', from the verb licere. Rhymes complicit, elicit, explicit, illicit, implicit, solicit Definition of licit in US English: licit adjectiveˈlɪsɪtˈlisit Not forbidden; lawful. 非违禁的；合法的 licit and illicit drugs Example sentencesExamples Printers themselves were expected to monitor the boundaries between licit and illicit content in their works. In 1924 a United States law banning licit diamorphine was passed, but this was often ignored by local authorities. Among persons that continued to sustain arrests in Manhattan, both licit and illicit substance use tended to persist throughout mid-life. Divisions between illicit and licit discursive morality conditioned everyday discursive practices via offensive and exclusionary practices. The Board noted with concern the continuing global disparities in the actual availability and the unjustifiable discrepancies in the consumption of important licit narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in different regions. The latter is much more plausible for drug sellers than for licit businesses because drug enterprises are essentially never driven out of business by negative accounting profits. This points to the need of an authority capable of making the distinctions necessitated by the various circumstances that affect the description of an action as licit or illicit. Adherents generally do not distinguish between licit and illicit substances, but view all drugs as having potential for doing good or ill. The legislation introduces a number of provisions aimed to ensure that medicines are used safely and for licit purposes. Thus few priests by the 1920s were commending ‘periodic continence’ to their most troubled penitents, although it was licit for them to do so. What it provides, however, is a set of criteria by which a potential military action might be judged morally licit or illicit. Moreover, one can raise no objection when a churchman expresses his concern regarding the material well-being of families and suggests that morally licit methods of improving it should be pursued. In this, while the drug of choice differed, their patterns of consumption were not markedly different from commonly found ‘normal’ patterns of consumption of licit drugs such as alcohol. Our paper has conceptualized both the location of drug dealing and licit business establishments as outcomes of collective efficacy. Without interdiction and eradication as disincentives, growers are unlikely to abandon more lucrative and easily cultivated coca crops in favor of less profitable and harder to grow licit crops or to pursue legal employment. The use of force to obtain justice is morally licit in itself. Observers wonder what is the difference between licit and illicit antiquities dealers, given how much of the material comes from sites. It also indicates the close association at times between licit medicines and illicit drugs and the common terrain of human physiology. In any case, comparison with licit drugs such as tobacco and alcohol hardly provides a model for legalisation. The actual trade routes are another interesting difference between licit and illicit trade. Synonyms legitimate, permissible, admissible, allowable, acceptable Origin Late 15th century: from Latin licitus ‘allowed’, from the verb licere.
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