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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Law-abiding

· Law·-a·bid·ing · IPA
01 a. Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abi…
  1. 1.
    Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.