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ˈlaw-aˈbiding, a.
[f. law n.1 + pr. pple. of abide v. The formation may have been due to a reminiscence of law-biding.]
Abiding by, i.e., maintaining or submitting to the law.
1839Congress. Globe Dec., App. 14/2 Being a law-loving and law-abiding man, he had voted to preserve the laws. 1855Ibid. 26 Jan. 416/2 The people of Oregon are a law-abiding, honest and gallant people. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. I. vi. 558 The great Earl..who on every other occasion appears as conciliatory and law-abiding. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 63 If the Roman people had not been the most law-abiding people in the world all public business must have come to a standstill. 1973C. Mullard Black Brit. ii. vi. 68 A racist, however intelligent, will never accept that blacks are just like other average human beings, honest, industrious, clean, law-abiding, intelligent, etc.
Hence law-abidingness.
1880Fortn. Rev. Feb. 311 National self-respect demands a decent conformity to law-abidingness and morality. 1889Spectator 28 Sept., That most useful of civic virtues, law⁓abidingness. |