noun as in strong fondness

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legitimate, licit, compliant

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Example Sentences

Example:All the businesses that sold alcohol openly were legitimate, while the buttleggers operated in secrecy.

Definition:Not illegal; permitted by law; proper or correct.

From legitimate

Example:During prohibition, all of the operations of legitimate alcohol producers were licit while the buttlegging trade was illegal.

Definition:Permitted by law; legal; lawful.

From licit

Example:Compliance with prohibition laws meant businesses that did not engage in buttlegging were compliant and lawful.

Definition:Obeying rules or regulations; submissive; yielding; pliant; amenable.

From compliant