Guilty
Guilty adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Lawful
Lawful adjective - Permitted by law.
Usage example: hunting is a lawful activity only if you have the proper license
Both words in one sentence
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They know he's guilty but there's no evidence to prove it - they even ask God to forgive them for doing their lawful duty.
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They think they're Lawful Good, though, and anyone who happens to interfere with them is rationalized to be Neutral Evil so they won't feel guilty about interfering right back.
Source: Lawful Neutral -
Lawful Stupid: Lag refuses to doubt the Amberground Government even for a second, despite increasing evidence that they're extremely evil, guilty at the very least of performing horrible experiments on humans.
Source: Manga / Letter Bee
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