different between acceptable vs licit

English

Alternative forms

• acceptible (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin accept?bilis (“worthy of acceptance”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.?s?p.t?.b?l/

Adjective

acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable)

1. worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure

2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

Antonyms

• unacceptable
• inacceptable

Derived terms

• acceptableness
• acceptably

Related terms

• acceptability

Translations

Further reading

• acceptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• acceptable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• acceptable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accept?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?k.s?p?ta.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.sep?ta.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

acceptable (masculine and feminine plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

   Antonym: inacceptable

Derived terms

• acceptablement
• inacceptable

Further reading

• “acceptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “acceptable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “acceptable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acceptable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

acceptable

1. definite singular of acceptabel
2. plural of acceptabel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accept?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s?p.tabl/

Adjective

acceptable (plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

Antonyms

• inacceptable

Related terms

• accepter

Further reading

• “acceptable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Adjective

acceptable

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of acceptabel.

Anagrams

• acceptabel

English

Etymology

From Latin licitus (“lawful”), perfect participle of licet (“[it] is permitted”, impersonal verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?s.?t/
• Rhymes: -?s?t

Adjective

licit (comparative more licit, superlative most licit)

1. Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
   • Undated, Pope Honorius III Solet Annuere (anonymous translator),

     Let it not be in any way licit to anyone among men to infringe this page of our confirmation, or to contravene it with rash daring.

   • 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Weir of Hermiston, Chapter 4

     You seem to have been very much offended because your father talks a little sculduddery after dinner, which it is perfectly licit for him to do, [...]

   • 2008, July 27, Jeremy Seabrook, "Obama and the illusion of leadership", The Guardian,

     [T]he vanity of efforts to deter humanity from following this licit and highly profitable mobility, clearly indicate the limits of their [leaders'] power.

2. (law) Explicitly established or constituted by law.
   • 1913, Joseph Selinger, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage"

     The contract validly made and consummated is dissolved by death alone. However, the Church must determine what is required for a valid and licit marriage contract.

Usage notes

• Licit and valid are legal terms to be compared, especially in terms of canon law. Something that is licit (such as a marriage contract), may nonetheless be invalid, illegal or both (for example, a bigamous marriage), or vice versa.

Synonyms

• (not forbidden): lawful, appropriate, legit, legitimate
• (constituted): established, lawful, legal

Antonyms

• (legal): illicit

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French licite, from Latin licitus.

Adjective

licit m or n (feminine singular licit?, masculine plural lici?i, feminine and neuter plural licite)

1. lawful

Declension