ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute; of loose character, of easy
virtue; frail, gay, riggish † , incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated; no better
than she should be; on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose.
adulterous, incestuous, bestial.
962. Libertine -- N. libertine; voluptuary &c 954.1; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip,
rakehell † , fast man; intrigant † , gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat,
whoremonger, paillard † , adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard † ;
chartered libertine.
adulteress, advoutress † , courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de
joie [Fr.]; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece [Fr.]; frail
sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull † , baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig,
quean † , mopsy † , slut, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate
woman; woman of easy virtue &c (unchaste) 961; wanton, fornicatress † ; Jezebel,
Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia † , Lais, lorette † , cocotte † , petite dame,
grisette † ; demimonde; chippy [U.S.]; sapphist † ; spiritual wife; white slave.
concubine, mistress, doxy † , chere amie [Fr.], bona roba [It].
pimp, procurer; pander, pandar † ; bawd, conciliatrix † , procuress † , mackerel, wittol † .
5. MORAL INSTITUTIONS
963. Legality -- N. legality; legitimacy, legitimateness.
legislature; law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], constitution, pandect † , charter, enactment,
statute, rule; canon &c (precept) 697; ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw;
decree &c (order) 741; ordonnance † ; standing order; plebiscite &c (choice) 609.
legal process; form, formula, formality; rite, arm of the law; habeas corpus; fieri facias
[Lat.].
[Science of law] jurisprudence, nomology † ; legislation, codification.
equity, common law; lex [Lat.], lex nonscripta [Lat.]; law of nations, droit des gens
[Fr.], international law, jus gentium [Lat.]; jus civile [Lat.]; civil law, canon law, crown
law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law; lex mercatoria
[Lat.].
constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice &c 922.
[institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal &c 966.
[person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge &c 967.
[specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel &c 968.
V. legalize; enact, ordain; decree &c (order) 741; pass a law, enact a regulation; legislate;
codify, formulate; regulate.
Adj. legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized;
lawful &c (permitted) 760; statutable † , statutory; legislatorial, legislative; regulatory,
regulated.
Adv. legally &c adj.; in the eye of the law; de jure [Lat.].
Phr. ignorantia legis neminem excusat [Lat.], ignorance of the law is no excuse; where
law ends tyranny begins [Earl of Chatham].