unlaw

unlaw · noun¹

1. Old English · inherited fromunlagu“violation of law, illegality, injustice, lawlessness”
2. Middle English · inherited fromunlawe
3. English todayunlaw

From Middle English unlawe, unlaȝ, unlage, from Old English unlagu (“violation of law, illegality, injustice, lawlessness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + law.

unlaw · verb²

From un- (“reversal, undoing”) + law.