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legitimate
[li-jit-uh-mit, li-jit-uh-meyt]
adjective
according to law; lawful.
the property's legitimate owner.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.
Synonyms:born in wedlock or of legally married parents.
legitimate children.
in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical.
a legitimate conclusion.
Synonyms:resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right.
a legitimate sovereign.
not spurious or unjustified; genuine.
It was a legitimate complaint.
of the normal or regular type or kind.
Theater.Ģżof or relating to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc..
an actor in the legitimate theater.
verb (used with object)
to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful.
Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne.
Synonyms:to establish as lawfully born.
His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law.
to show or declare to be legitimate or proper.
He was under obligation to legitimate his commission.
to justify; sanction or authorize.
His behavior was legitimated by custom.
noun
the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
a person who is established as being legitimate.
legitimate
adjective
born in lawful wedlock; enjoying full filial rights
conforming to established standards of usage, behaviour, etc
based on correct or acceptable principles of reasoning
reasonable, sensible, or valid
a legitimate question
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right
a legitimate monarch
of or relating to a body of famous long-established plays as distinct from films, television, vaudeville, etc
the legitimate theatre
verb
(tr) to make, pronounce, or show to be legitimate
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- legitimately adverb
- legitimateness noun
- legitimation noun
- delegitimate verb (used with object)
- delegitimation noun
- nonlegitimate adjective
- postlegitimation noun
- quasi-legitimate adjective
- quasi-legitimately adverb
- ±ō±šĖ²µ¾±³Ł¾±³¾²¹³Ł±š±ō²ā adverb
- ±ō±šĖ²µ¾±³Ł¾±³¾²¹³¦²ā noun
- ±ō±šĖ²µ¾±³Ł¾±Ė³¾²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of legitimate1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of legitimate1
Example Sentences
Unionists in Northern Ireland have "legitimate concerns" over the Irish language but they "can be addressed", the former first minister of Wales has said.
As a Senate member from California, itās perfectly legitimate for Padilla to want clarity on immigration enforcement actions that are taking place in Los Angeles.
Why, owners wondered, should we continue to pay two dozen entry-level players to fill out a roster when only two of them might be legitimate prospects?
āThey always have been wanting to be part of the economy, and our goal was for them to be seen as a legitimate small business.ā
The collective longing for a sturdier system, currently molting in tradwife TikToks and behind the paywall of Andrew Tateās Hustlers University, is supported by a scaffolding of legitimate critique.
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- certainĢż
- consistentĢż
- correctĢż
- fairĢż
- genuineĢż
- justifiableĢż
- lawfulĢż
- logicalĢż
- naturalĢż
- normalĢż
- properĢż
- realĢż
- reasonableĢż
- reliableĢż
- rightfulĢż
- sensibleĢż
- statutoryĢż
- trueĢż
- well-foundedĢż
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