rechtens
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German rechtens.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editrechtens
German
editEtymology
editEquivalent to recht (“right, correct, just”) + -ens (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editrechtens
- legal(ly), proper(ly), licit(ly) (according to all applicable laws and rules)
- Synonyms: rechtmäßig, legal, legitim, statthaft, zulässig
- Das ist alles rechtens. ― All of that is licit.
- Er hat sich moralisch falsch, aber rechtens verhalten.
- His behaviour was morally wrong, but legally proper.
- (archaic) by right, duly, rightly
- Synonyms: zu Recht, mit Recht, verdientermaßen
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