Definition of legitimate
Adjectives
of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
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authorised, authorized
endowed with authority
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legal
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
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valid
well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
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lawfully-begotten
born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights
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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
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lawful, rightful, true
having a legally established claim
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illegitimate
of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
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unauthorised, unauthorized
not endowed with authority
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illegal
prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
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invalid
having no cogency or legal force
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adulterine
conceived in adultery
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base, baseborn
illegitimate
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bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious
born out of wedlock
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fatherless
not having a known or legally responsible father
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left-handed
(of marriages) illicit or informal
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unlawful, wrongful
having no legally established claim
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based on known statements or events or conditions
in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles
"legitimate advertising practices"
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constituted, established
brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
Verbs
make legal
- Synonyms:
- decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize
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criminalise
declare illegal; outlaw
- criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw
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criminalize
declare illegal; outlaw
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outlaw
declare illegal; outlaw
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outlaw
declare illegal; outlaw
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allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission
show or affirm to be just and legitimate
Vocabulary Lists for legitimate
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- ab initio
- actus reus
- abate
- acrostic
- adamant
- adamantly
- alleviate
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