a. 1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. [ 1913 Webster ]
He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void. Pope.
-- Law"less*ly, adv. -- Law"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]