legitimate
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Synonyms: illegitimate, legitimacy, legitimize, legitimatize, legitimates, legitimated, legitimatise, legitimise, legitime, legitimator, delegitimate
Antonyms: illegitimate, legitimacy, legitimize, legitimatize, legitimates, legitimated, legitimatise, legitimise, legitime, legitimator, delegitimate
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Adjective
- In [[accord]]ance with the [[law]] or established [[legal]] forms and requirements.
- [[conform|Conforming]] to known principles, or [[establish]]ed or [[accept]]ed [[rule]]s or [[standard]]s; [[valid]].
- [[authentic|Authentic]], real, [[genuine]].
- [[marital|Marital]].
- Relating to [[heredity|hereditary]] rights.
- Belonging or relating to the [[legitimate theater]].
Noun
- A person born to a legally married couple.
Verb
- {{senseid|en|legitimize}}{{lb|en|transitive}} To make legitimate, lawful, or [[valid]]; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means. {{defdate|from 1590}}
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