LEGITIMATE

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Definition

  1. verb make legal. — synonyms: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimatize, legitimatise
  2. verb show or affirm to be just and legitimate.
  3. verb make (an illegitimate child) legitimate.
  4. adjective of marriages and offspring.
  5. adjective based on known statements or events or conditions. — synonyms: logical
  6. adjective in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles.
  7. adjective authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law. — synonyms: lawful, licit

Examples

  • “legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method”
  • “legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions”

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