Llabor,n.toil,work, drudgery,task,industry, travail.labor,v.toil,work,drudge,slave, moil, travail.labored,a.studied, elaborate, overwrought,stiff,unnatural.laborer,n.toiler,workman, stevedore, roustabout,drudge, hack, peon, coolie, navvy.laborious,a.toilsome,arduous,onerous;diligent,industrious, sedulous.labyrinth,n.maze,intricacy,complexity.lace,n.string,cord, thong, aglet.lacerate,v.tear,rend,mangle, laniate,harrow,wound, harry,distress.laceration,n.tearing,rending, laniation, harrowing,wound.lack,v.need,want, be in need of,require, sedulous.lack,n.want,need,deficiency,dearth, paucity,scarcity,drought, default, deficit,insufficiency, inadequacy,shortness.lackadaisical,a.pensive,dreamy, languishing, die-away.lackey,n.flunky.lacking,a.deficient,insufficient,unsupplied,shy,wanting, devoid.ladylove,n.Seesweetheart.lag,v.fall behind,loiter,linger,delay,saunter.laggard,n.loiterer, lagger, lingerer, saunterer,idler.lake,n.pond; lagoon.Associated words: lacustrine, lacustral.lamb,n.eanling, yeanling, lambkin, cosset.lambaste,v.(Low)pommel,maul, belabor,beat,strike.lame,v.disable, maim,cripple,hamstring.lame,a.crippled, hobbling, limping, halt,deformed,game, maimed,disabled; inconclusive,unconvincing,inefficient,feeble,unsatisfactory.lament,v.bemoan,weep, wail,deplore,grieve,bewail,mourn.lamentable,a.deplorable,grievous,pitiable,distressing,sorrowful.lamentation,n.wailing,lament,grief, bewailing,plaint,sorrow.lamented,a.mourned for, deplored.lampoon,v.libel,defame,satirize.lampoon,n.libel, pasqinade, iambic.lance,n.spear, javelin, harpoon.land,n.terra firma;country; freehold,ground,soil,earth;realty, real estate; demesne, glebe,close, garth, holm, arado, assart, reliction, dereliction, alluvium, cadastre, appanage, arable,fallow, allodium, innings, abuttal;farm, plantation; continent,island,peninsula, delta, isthmus,headland,cape,plateau, barens.Associated words: agronomy, agronomist, agronomics, agronomic, agricultre, agricultral,agriculturist, georgics, geoponics, escheat, arable, inarable, agrarian, agrarianism, agrarianize, topography, tilth, terrain, terrene,till, geoscopy, geoponic.land,v.disembark, debark;capture.landing,n.disembarkation, debarkation;wharf,dock,quay;capture.landlord,n.host,hotel-keeper, inn-keeper, Boniface;owner, proprietor.Land of promise.Canaan.landscape,n.scene,scenery,view, prospect.language,n.speech,tongue, vernacular; dialect; idiom, phraseology,diction; argot,flash, slang, lingo,cant,jargon,gibberish; Volapuk, pasilaly, Esperanto.Associated words: lingual, linguistic, linguist, linguistics, philology, philologist, philological, polyglot, glottology, glossology, paleography, glossologist, monoglot, grammar grammarian, chrestomathy, glossolaly, collingual.languid,a.unanimated, flagging,lifeless,supine,listless,sluggish,tardy,slow.languor,n.exhaustion,lassitude, inanition, listlessness.lanky,a.gangling, overgrown.lapse,n.slip,misstep,indiscretion;backsliding; devolution.lard,n.grease; leaflard,flare; axunge.--v.interlard.larder,n.buttery,pantry, spence.lardy,a.lardaceous.large,a.big, extensive,huge,unwieldy,vast,massive,immense,colossal,gigantic,bulky;ample,copious,liberal,unstinted;generous,liberal, munificent, princely; hypertrophied;spacious, commodious, capacious.lariat,n.lasso,reata.lark,n.frolic.larrup,v.(Colloq.)whip,beat,trounce,flog.larva,n.caterpillar,grub, maggot;pl.larvæ.Associated words: silphology, pupa,chrysalis.lascivious,a.lewd, libidinous,salacious. Seelustful.lash,n.scourge, thong,whip.lash,v.scourge,castigate, flagellate;satirize,scold,rate. Seewhip.lashing,n.scourging,castigation, flagellation;satire,scolding, rating.lassitude,n.languor,weariness,exhaustion, languidness, enervation.lasso,n.lariat, cabestro,reata.last,a.final, hindmost, farthest, latest,ultimate.last,v.continue,endure,remain.lasting,a.enduring, durable,permanent,imperishable,abiding.Antonyms: ephemeral, transitory,fleeting,transient,fugitive, impermanent.lastingness,n.durability,permanence, indestructibility, imperishability.lastly,adv.finally.late,a.tardy, delayed;recent.lately,adv.recently.latent,a.concealed,dormant,undeveloped,hidden.later,a.subsequent,posterior.latitude,n.breadth,width;room,range,scope,extent,freedom; laxity.lattice,n.trellis,lattice-work; cancelli; grille.lattice-work,n.lattice,trellis, treillage, espailier.laud,v.extol,praise. Seepraise.laudable,a.praisworth,commendable.Antonyms: illaudable,unpraiseworthy, indign.laudatory,a.panegyrical,eulogistic, encomiastic, adulatory,commendatory.laugh,v.cachinnate,roar,giggle,snicker, titter, chuckle, grin,twitter, cackle, chortle, hawhaw.laughable,a.risible, comic,ludicrous,droll, facetious,farcical,amusing. Seefunny.laughing,a.merry,gleeful,mirthful, smiling.laughing gas.protoxide ofnitrogen, nitrous oxide, hyponitrous oxide.laughter,n.mirth,laugh, cachinnation,giggle,snicker,roar, cackle, grin, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, titter.Associated words:risible, risibles, risibility, risorial, abderian, sardonic, geloscopy, gelastic.laugh to scorn.deride,ridicule.launch,v.set afloat; setgoing,start;throw, hurl;expatiate, descant.lava field.pedregal (Mexico and Western U.S.).lavish,a.profuse,prodigal,free,unstinted;superabundant,immoderate,excessive,exuberant.lavish,v.spend lavishly, bestow with profusion.law,n.statute, ordinance,edict, enactment,decree,canon,usage.Associated words: jurisprudence, nomology, nomography, nomocracy, antinomy, dysnomy, neonomian, code, codex, codify, codification,digest, forensic, legislate, legislation, legislative, enact, ordain,repeal, veto, jurat, juratory, juridic, juridical, jurist, juris consult, publicist, jurisprudent, juristic, pandect, moratory,judicial, causidical, nomothetic, nomistic.law-breaker,n.criminal, malefactor,culprit,felon, delinquent,offender,sinner.law-breaking,n.crime,misdemeanor,transgression,violation.lawful,a.legal,legitimate, licit, legalized.Antonyms: Seeunlawful.lawfulness,n.legality, legitimacy.Antonyms: unlawfulness,illegality.lawing,n.litigation,lawsuit.lawless,a.anarchical,riotous, mobocratic,licentious.lawlessness,n.anarchy,unrestraint,abandon, mobocracy,license,riot.lawmaker,n.legislator, lawgiver, Solon.lawmaking,n.legislation.lawsuit,n.litigation,case,suit,action.Associated words: litigant, litigate, litigious, litigable, barratry.lawyer,n.attorney,counselor, barrister,counsel,advocate, attorney-at-law, solicitor; pettifogger; (dishonest)shyster.Associated words: client, clientele.lax,a.loose,slack,flabby, relaxed;loose,vague, equivocal,doubtful;slack,remiss,negligent;unrestrained,dissolute,licentious.laxative,a.aperient.laxative,n.aperient.laxness,n.laxity,looseness;relaxation,flabbiness; remissness,negligence,slackness.lay,v.deposit,place; impose, assess; impute,charge,ascribe,attribute;submit,present,offer; superimpose.lay,n.song, ballad, lyric.lay,a.laic, laical.layer,n.stratum,course, tier.laymen,n. pl.laity.lay open.uncover,reveal,expose, disclose,exhibit,show.lay over.overlay,cover,apply; defer,postpone, prorogue.lay siege to.besiege,beset, bombard, obsess.lay to heart.take toheart, be grieved at, feel keenly, consider seriously.lay up.store, treasure,save,hoard, garner;confine,disable.lay wait for.lie in ambush for.lay waste.desolate,devastate,pillage,sack, spoliate.laziness,n.indolence,sloth.lazy,a.indolent,slothful, sluggard, dronish.Antonyms:diligent,industrious, sedulous, hardworking.lazy person.sluggard,drone,idler.lea,n.meadow,lay,mead.leach,v.lixiviate.leaching,n.lixiviation.lead,n.plumbum(Chem.); graphite, plumbago (black lead); plummet; blende (mock lead).lead,v.guide,conduct,escort,direct; precede; induce,entice,influence,allure,persuade,actuate, impel;conduce, contribute,tend; have precedence; have charge of,command,head.lead,n.precedence, initiative,command, guidance.lead astray.mislead,seduce.leader,n.guide, commander, corypheus,pilot, bellwether, protagonist,chief.leadership,n.direction,command, guidance; primacy, supremacy,domination, hegemony.leading,a.chief,principal, premiere, influential, guiding.leaf,n.blade,spire; folio; lithophyll (fossil leaf).Associated words: foliar, foliferous, foliaceous, foliation, defoliate, defoliation, frond, bract, frondation, frondesce, frondescence, verticil, whorl, acanthus deciduous, indeciduous.leaf-green,n.chlorophyll.leaf-stalk,n.petiole.league,n.alliance,confederation, coalition, confederacy,union,federation,association.league,v.combine,confederate.leak,v.percolate,filter,ooze.leaky,a.defective.lean,v.incline,slope, recline,tend; rely,depend; careen.lean,a.thin, lank,spare,meager,poor,skinny,gaunt, emaciated, marcid, angular;slender,scant,bare.leaning,a.reclining, inclining,supine.leaning,n.inclination,tendency, propensity,bent,bias, proneness, predisposition, proclivity; reclination.lean-to,n.penthouse,addition,shed.leap,v.spring,jump,vault,bound,caper,gambol,prance, cavort, curvet.leap,n.spring,jump,vault,bound, capriole.leaping,a.springing, jumping,salient, saltigrade, saltatory.leaping,n.springing, saltation, salience.leap year.bissextile.learn,v.master, acquireknowledge.learned,a.educated, erudite, lettered,scholarly.learning,n.education,erudition,lore,scholarship,knowledge.Associated words: savant, philomath, philomathy, misology, oracle, pedant, pedantry.lease,v.let, demise,rent.lease,n.letting, demise; tenure.Associated words: lessee, lessor.least,n.minimum.Associated words: minimize, minimization.least,a.smallest, minimum.leather-burning,n.pyrography.leathery,a.coriaceous,tough, alutaceous.leave,n.permission; leave-taking, adieu,farewell,congé;withdrawal,retirement,departure, leaving, egress.leave,v.depart from,vacate, retire from;abandon,forsake,desert; abstain from,forego, desist from,forbear;permit,allow,let;commit, giveover,intrust, consign, deliver;will,bequeath,devise; depart, setout,start,go.leaves,n. pl.foliage, leafage. Seeleaf.leavetaking,n.farewell, valedictory,congé, adieu.leavings,n. pl.remnants, fragments,offal,refuse,waste, scraps, culls, orts.lecher,n.rake,libertine,whoremonger.lechery,n.libertinism, licentiousness.lecture,n.discourse,address,dissertation, prelection;reproof,scolding.lecture,v.discourse,address;reprove,censure,rate,upbraid,scold.ledge,n.shelf; reef, ridge (of rocks);layer, stratum, lode.left,n.Associated words:sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw,port, larboard.left-hand,a.sinister,left.left-handed,a.sinister, ambilevous.leg,n.limb, shank,shin; (bones of the leg) tibia, fibula, femur, thighbone, epipodiale.Associated words:crotch, hock, hough, solen,cradle, puttee,hip, thigh, haunch gyve, scarpines,calf, galligaskins, spatterdashes, leggings.legacy,n.bequest,devise.legal,a.lawful,legitimate.Antonym:illegal.legality,n.lawfulness, legitimacy.Antonym:illegality.legalize,v.legitimize.Antonyms: illegalize, illegitimize.legate,n.ambassador, envoy,representative.legation,n.embassy.
labor,n.toil,work, drudgery,task,industry, travail.
labor,v.toil,work,drudge,slave, moil, travail.
labored,a.studied, elaborate, overwrought,stiff,unnatural.
laborer,n.toiler,workman, stevedore, roustabout,drudge, hack, peon, coolie, navvy.
laborious,a.toilsome,arduous,onerous;diligent,industrious, sedulous.
labyrinth,n.maze,intricacy,complexity.
lace,n.string,cord, thong, aglet.
lacerate,v.tear,rend,mangle, laniate,harrow,wound, harry,distress.
laceration,n.tearing,rending, laniation, harrowing,wound.
lack,v.need,want, be in need of,require, sedulous.
lack,n.want,need,deficiency,dearth, paucity,scarcity,drought, default, deficit,insufficiency, inadequacy,shortness.
lackadaisical,a.pensive,dreamy, languishing, die-away.
lackey,n.flunky.
lacking,a.deficient,insufficient,unsupplied,shy,wanting, devoid.
ladylove,n.Seesweetheart.
lag,v.fall behind,loiter,linger,delay,saunter.
laggard,n.loiterer, lagger, lingerer, saunterer,idler.
lake,n.pond; lagoon.Associated words: lacustrine, lacustral.
lamb,n.eanling, yeanling, lambkin, cosset.
lambaste,v.(Low)pommel,maul, belabor,beat,strike.
lame,v.disable, maim,cripple,hamstring.
lame,a.crippled, hobbling, limping, halt,deformed,game, maimed,disabled; inconclusive,unconvincing,inefficient,feeble,unsatisfactory.
lament,v.bemoan,weep, wail,deplore,grieve,bewail,mourn.
lamentable,a.deplorable,grievous,pitiable,distressing,sorrowful.
lamentation,n.wailing,lament,grief, bewailing,plaint,sorrow.
lamented,a.mourned for, deplored.
lampoon,v.libel,defame,satirize.
lampoon,n.libel, pasqinade, iambic.
lance,n.spear, javelin, harpoon.
land,n.terra firma;country; freehold,ground,soil,earth;realty, real estate; demesne, glebe,close, garth, holm, arado, assart, reliction, dereliction, alluvium, cadastre, appanage, arable,fallow, allodium, innings, abuttal;farm, plantation; continent,island,peninsula, delta, isthmus,headland,cape,plateau, barens.Associated words: agronomy, agronomist, agronomics, agronomic, agricultre, agricultral,agriculturist, georgics, geoponics, escheat, arable, inarable, agrarian, agrarianism, agrarianize, topography, tilth, terrain, terrene,till, geoscopy, geoponic.
land,v.disembark, debark;capture.
landing,n.disembarkation, debarkation;wharf,dock,quay;capture.
landlord,n.host,hotel-keeper, inn-keeper, Boniface;owner, proprietor.
Land of promise.Canaan.
landscape,n.scene,scenery,view, prospect.
language,n.speech,tongue, vernacular; dialect; idiom, phraseology,diction; argot,flash, slang, lingo,cant,jargon,gibberish; Volapuk, pasilaly, Esperanto.Associated words: lingual, linguistic, linguist, linguistics, philology, philologist, philological, polyglot, glottology, glossology, paleography, glossologist, monoglot, grammar grammarian, chrestomathy, glossolaly, collingual.
languid,a.unanimated, flagging,lifeless,supine,listless,sluggish,tardy,slow.
languor,n.exhaustion,lassitude, inanition, listlessness.
lanky,a.gangling, overgrown.
lapse,n.slip,misstep,indiscretion;backsliding; devolution.
lard,n.grease; leaflard,flare; axunge.--v.interlard.
larder,n.buttery,pantry, spence.
lardy,a.lardaceous.
large,a.big, extensive,huge,unwieldy,vast,massive,immense,colossal,gigantic,bulky;ample,copious,liberal,unstinted;generous,liberal, munificent, princely; hypertrophied;spacious, commodious, capacious.
lariat,n.lasso,reata.
lark,n.frolic.
larrup,v.(Colloq.)whip,beat,trounce,flog.
larva,n.caterpillar,grub, maggot;pl.larvæ.Associated words: silphology, pupa,chrysalis.
lascivious,a.lewd, libidinous,salacious. Seelustful.
lash,n.scourge, thong,whip.
lash,v.scourge,castigate, flagellate;satirize,scold,rate. Seewhip.
lashing,n.scourging,castigation, flagellation;satire,scolding, rating.
lassitude,n.languor,weariness,exhaustion, languidness, enervation.
lasso,n.lariat, cabestro,reata.
last,a.final, hindmost, farthest, latest,ultimate.
last,v.continue,endure,remain.
lasting,a.enduring, durable,permanent,imperishable,abiding.Antonyms: ephemeral, transitory,fleeting,transient,fugitive, impermanent.
lastingness,n.durability,permanence, indestructibility, imperishability.
lastly,adv.finally.
late,a.tardy, delayed;recent.
lately,adv.recently.
latent,a.concealed,dormant,undeveloped,hidden.
later,a.subsequent,posterior.
latitude,n.breadth,width;room,range,scope,extent,freedom; laxity.
lattice,n.trellis,lattice-work; cancelli; grille.
lattice-work,n.lattice,trellis, treillage, espailier.
laud,v.extol,praise. Seepraise.
laudable,a.praisworth,commendable.Antonyms: illaudable,unpraiseworthy, indign.
laudatory,a.panegyrical,eulogistic, encomiastic, adulatory,commendatory.
laugh,v.cachinnate,roar,giggle,snicker, titter, chuckle, grin,twitter, cackle, chortle, hawhaw.
laughable,a.risible, comic,ludicrous,droll, facetious,farcical,amusing. Seefunny.
laughing,a.merry,gleeful,mirthful, smiling.
laughing gas.protoxide ofnitrogen, nitrous oxide, hyponitrous oxide.
laughter,n.mirth,laugh, cachinnation,giggle,snicker,roar, cackle, grin, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, titter.Associated words:risible, risibles, risibility, risorial, abderian, sardonic, geloscopy, gelastic.
laugh to scorn.deride,ridicule.
launch,v.set afloat; setgoing,start;throw, hurl;expatiate, descant.
lava field.pedregal (Mexico and Western U.S.).
lavish,a.profuse,prodigal,free,unstinted;superabundant,immoderate,excessive,exuberant.
lavish,v.spend lavishly, bestow with profusion.
law,n.statute, ordinance,edict, enactment,decree,canon,usage.Associated words: jurisprudence, nomology, nomography, nomocracy, antinomy, dysnomy, neonomian, code, codex, codify, codification,digest, forensic, legislate, legislation, legislative, enact, ordain,repeal, veto, jurat, juratory, juridic, juridical, jurist, juris consult, publicist, jurisprudent, juristic, pandect, moratory,judicial, causidical, nomothetic, nomistic.
law-breaker,n.criminal, malefactor,culprit,felon, delinquent,offender,sinner.
law-breaking,n.crime,misdemeanor,transgression,violation.
lawful,a.legal,legitimate, licit, legalized.Antonyms: Seeunlawful.
lawfulness,n.legality, legitimacy.Antonyms: unlawfulness,illegality.
lawing,n.litigation,lawsuit.
lawless,a.anarchical,riotous, mobocratic,licentious.
lawlessness,n.anarchy,unrestraint,abandon, mobocracy,license,riot.
lawmaker,n.legislator, lawgiver, Solon.
lawmaking,n.legislation.
lawsuit,n.litigation,case,suit,action.Associated words: litigant, litigate, litigious, litigable, barratry.
lawyer,n.attorney,counselor, barrister,counsel,advocate, attorney-at-law, solicitor; pettifogger; (dishonest)shyster.Associated words: client, clientele.
lax,a.loose,slack,flabby, relaxed;loose,vague, equivocal,doubtful;slack,remiss,negligent;unrestrained,dissolute,licentious.
laxative,a.aperient.
laxative,n.aperient.
laxness,n.laxity,looseness;relaxation,flabbiness; remissness,negligence,slackness.
lay,v.deposit,place; impose, assess; impute,charge,ascribe,attribute;submit,present,offer; superimpose.
lay,n.song, ballad, lyric.
lay,a.laic, laical.
layer,n.stratum,course, tier.
laymen,n. pl.laity.
lay open.uncover,reveal,expose, disclose,exhibit,show.
lay over.overlay,cover,apply; defer,postpone, prorogue.
lay siege to.besiege,beset, bombard, obsess.
lay to heart.take toheart, be grieved at, feel keenly, consider seriously.
lay up.store, treasure,save,hoard, garner;confine,disable.
lay wait for.lie in ambush for.
lay waste.desolate,devastate,pillage,sack, spoliate.
laziness,n.indolence,sloth.
lazy,a.indolent,slothful, sluggard, dronish.Antonyms:diligent,industrious, sedulous, hardworking.
lazy person.sluggard,drone,idler.
lea,n.meadow,lay,mead.
leach,v.lixiviate.
leaching,n.lixiviation.
lead,n.plumbum(Chem.); graphite, plumbago (black lead); plummet; blende (mock lead).
lead,v.guide,conduct,escort,direct; precede; induce,entice,influence,allure,persuade,actuate, impel;conduce, contribute,tend; have precedence; have charge of,command,head.
lead,n.precedence, initiative,command, guidance.
lead astray.mislead,seduce.
leader,n.guide, commander, corypheus,pilot, bellwether, protagonist,chief.
leadership,n.direction,command, guidance; primacy, supremacy,domination, hegemony.
leading,a.chief,principal, premiere, influential, guiding.
leaf,n.blade,spire; folio; lithophyll (fossil leaf).Associated words: foliar, foliferous, foliaceous, foliation, defoliate, defoliation, frond, bract, frondation, frondesce, frondescence, verticil, whorl, acanthus deciduous, indeciduous.
leaf-green,n.chlorophyll.
leaf-stalk,n.petiole.
league,n.alliance,confederation, coalition, confederacy,union,federation,association.
league,v.combine,confederate.
leak,v.percolate,filter,ooze.
leaky,a.defective.
lean,v.incline,slope, recline,tend; rely,depend; careen.
lean,a.thin, lank,spare,meager,poor,skinny,gaunt, emaciated, marcid, angular;slender,scant,bare.
leaning,a.reclining, inclining,supine.
leaning,n.inclination,tendency, propensity,bent,bias, proneness, predisposition, proclivity; reclination.
lean-to,n.penthouse,addition,shed.
leap,v.spring,jump,vault,bound,caper,gambol,prance, cavort, curvet.
leap,n.spring,jump,vault,bound, capriole.
leaping,a.springing, jumping,salient, saltigrade, saltatory.
leaping,n.springing, saltation, salience.
leap year.bissextile.
learn,v.master, acquireknowledge.
learned,a.educated, erudite, lettered,scholarly.
learning,n.education,erudition,lore,scholarship,knowledge.Associated words: savant, philomath, philomathy, misology, oracle, pedant, pedantry.
lease,v.let, demise,rent.
lease,n.letting, demise; tenure.Associated words: lessee, lessor.
least,n.minimum.Associated words: minimize, minimization.
least,a.smallest, minimum.
leather-burning,n.pyrography.
leathery,a.coriaceous,tough, alutaceous.
leave,n.permission; leave-taking, adieu,farewell,congé;withdrawal,retirement,departure, leaving, egress.
leave,v.depart from,vacate, retire from;abandon,forsake,desert; abstain from,forego, desist from,forbear;permit,allow,let;commit, giveover,intrust, consign, deliver;will,bequeath,devise; depart, setout,start,go.
leaves,n. pl.foliage, leafage. Seeleaf.
leavetaking,n.farewell, valedictory,congé, adieu.
leavings,n. pl.remnants, fragments,offal,refuse,waste, scraps, culls, orts.
lecher,n.rake,libertine,whoremonger.
lechery,n.libertinism, licentiousness.
lecture,n.discourse,address,dissertation, prelection;reproof,scolding.
lecture,v.discourse,address;reprove,censure,rate,upbraid,scold.
ledge,n.shelf; reef, ridge (of rocks);layer, stratum, lode.
left,n.Associated words:sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw,port, larboard.
left-hand,a.sinister,left.
left-handed,a.sinister, ambilevous.
leg,n.limb, shank,shin; (bones of the leg) tibia, fibula, femur, thighbone, epipodiale.Associated words:crotch, hock, hough, solen,cradle, puttee,hip, thigh, haunch gyve, scarpines,calf, galligaskins, spatterdashes, leggings.
legacy,n.bequest,devise.
legal,a.lawful,legitimate.Antonym:illegal.
legality,n.lawfulness, legitimacy.Antonym:illegality.
legalize,v.legitimize.Antonyms: illegalize, illegitimize.
legate,n.ambassador, envoy,representative.
legation,n.embassy.