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legitimate
verb
1 legitimate
Make legal.
synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize.
Dutch: decriminaliseren, legaliseren, legitimeren, wettigen
2 legitimate
Show or affirm to be just and legitimate.
3 legitimate
Make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone).
adjective
1 legitimate
Of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful.
Roget 494:
real,
actual
etc.
(existing)
1;
veritable,
true;
right,
correct;
certain
etc.
474;
substantially true,
categorically true,
definitively true
&c.;
true to the letter,
true as gospel;
unimpeachable;
veracious
etc.
543;
unreconfuted†,
unconfuted†;
unideal†,
unimagined;
realistic.
exact,
accurate,
definite,
precise,
well-defined,
just,
just so,
so;
strict,
severe;
close
etc.
(similar)
17;
literal;
rigid,
rigorous;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
religiously exact,
punctual,
mathematical,
scientific;
faithful,
constant,
unerring;
curious,
particular,
nice,
delicate,
fine;
clean-cut,
clear-cut.
verified,
empirically true,
experimentally verified,
substantiated,
proven
(demonstrated)
478.
rigorously true,
unquestionably true.
true by definition.
genuine,
authentic,
legitimate;
orthodox
etc.
983.1;
official,
ex officio.
pure,
natural,
sound,
sterling;
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed,
uncolored;
in its true colors;
pukka†.
well-grounded,
well founded;
solid,
substantial,
tangible,
valid;
undistorted,
undisguised;
unaffected,
unexaggerated,
unromantic,
unflattering.
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Polish: ślubny
2 legitimate
Based on known statements or events or conditions.
synonym: logical.
Polish: logiczny
3 legitimate
In accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles.
4 legitimate
Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law:
— A legitimate government.
synonyms: lawful, licit.
Roget 760:
permitting
etc.
v.;
permissive,
indulgent;
permitted
etc.
v.;
patent,
chartered,
permissible,
allowable,
lawful,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963;
licit;
unforbid†,
unforbidden†;
unconditional.
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Roget 963:
legal,
legitimate;
according to law;
vested,
constitutional,
chartered,
legalized;
lawful
etc.
(permitted)
760;
statutable†,
statutory;
legislatorial,
legislative;
regulatory,
regulated.
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Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
entitled to;
claiming;
deserving,
meriting,
worthy of.
privileged,
allowed,
sanctioned,
warranted,
authorized;
ordained,
prescribed,
constitutional,
chartered,
enfranchised.
prescriptive,
presumptive;
absolute,
indefeasible;
unalienable,
inalienable;
imprescriptible†,
inviolable,
unimpeachable,
unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to,
merited,
deserved,
condign,
richly deserved.
allowable
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
due,
en r gle;
fit,
fitting;
correct,
proper,
meet,
befitting,
becoming,
seemly;
decorous;
creditable,
up to the mark,
right as a trivet;
just the thing,
quite the thing;
selon les r gles [Fr.].
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Roget 922:
right,
good;
just,
reasonable;
fit
etc.
924;
equal,
equable,
equatable†;
evenhanded,
fair.
legitimate,
justifiable,
rightful;
as it should be,
as it ought to be;
lawful
etc.
(permitted)
760,
(legal)
963.
deserved
etc.
924.
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Polish: prawowity, pełnoprawny
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