legitimate

Adjective
  1. Of marriages and offspring;
    Recognized as lawful (synset 301409612)
    also:
    • authorised, authorized - endowed with authority
    • legal - established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
    • valid - well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
    similar to:
    • lawfully-begotten - born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights
    • left-handed, morganatic - (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
    • lawful, rightful, true - having a legally established claim
  2. Based on known statements or events or conditions (synset 302509114)
    "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"
    similar to: valid - well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
    same as: logical
  3. In accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles (synset 301640266)
    "legitimate advertising practices"
    similar to: constituted, established - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
  4. Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law (synset 301404228)
    "a legitimate government"
    similar to: legal - established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
    same as: lawful, licit
Verb
  1. Make legal (synset 202487025)
    "Marijuana should be legalized"
    is a type of: allow, countenance, let, permit - consent to, give permission
    subtypes: monetise, monetize - give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country
    same as: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize
  2. Show or affirm to be just and legitimate (synset 200898327)
    is a type of: justify, vindicate - show to be right by providing justification or proof
  3. Make (an illegitimate child) legitimate;
    Declare the legitimacy of (someone) (synset 200576436)
    "They legitimized their natural child"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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