Used in a Sentence

licit

How to use licit in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for licit.

Editorial note

Seriously though there are lots of licit uses:-girl goes out to to pull.

Examples12
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality; "a wife's licit love"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of licit gathered in one view.

adjective

sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality; "a wife's licit love"

adjective

authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for licit.

adjective

sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality; "a wife's licit love"

adjective

authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"

Example sentences

1

Seriously though there are lots of licit uses:-girl goes out to to pull.

2

Why do we think that euthanizing non-human animals is morally licit while doing that to a human being isn't?

3

Flew into New York JFK, and got pulled to the side, interrogated, detained.“So, according to your passport, you never left the country by any licit means.

4

At the point you move large amounts of value out of the ecosystem and into the 'straight' economy, you require the complicity of bankers.

5

To say you're flexible is to say that either you're an immoral person to the degree that you depart from the licit, or that there's no ethical fact of the matter.

6

I think it's perfectly apt to say now that thanks to the Google/Oracle case implementing an API is licit, but you would subsequently have to use your own public/private keys.

7

If it was to get mainstream usage, regulation would also grow, and at least if you want to play in licit channels, it would be almost exactly the same as what already exists.

8

It can be at a huge loss as long the haircut on conversion to money is still better than the 20-30% haircut people tolerate in reintegrating illicit money to licit money without the advent of crypto.

9

Against adversaries with the computational power of a modern nation-state, however, if you're relying on scale to hide your behavior, licit or otherwise, you're only deluding yourself.

10

One of the major downsides to most of the diverted licit opioids is that they're intended primarily for oral use, and hence contain all sorts of things that will do terrible things when injected directly into a vein.

11

When they do not involve disproportionate risks for the child and the mother, and are meant to make possible early therapy or even to favour a serene and informed acceptance of the child not yet born, these techniques are morally licit.

12

There is another cousin which doesn't get so much use, namely viz., literally vide licit or "clearly seen", which is a sort of drop-in replacement for "namely" -- it's used to enumerate or clarify an indirect reference, as opposed to id est which clarifies an indirect implication.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use licit in a sentence?

Seriously though there are lots of licit uses:-girl goes out to to pull.

What does licit mean?

sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality; "a wife's licit love"

What part of speech is licit?

licit is commonly used as adjective.