Standard Lemma guide
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noun
The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Legitimacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
the act of making lawful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: legalization, legalisation
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Broader terms: group action
noun
the act of rendering a person legitimate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
History
From Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus. By surface analysis, legitimate + -ion.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
