legitimate

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.

2. 2adjective

   Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

3. 3adjective

   Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.

4. 4adjective

   Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.

5. 5adjective

   Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

6. 6transitive verb

   To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child.

7. 7verb

   make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

   "They legitimized their natural child"

8. 8verb

   show or affirm to be just and legitimate

9. 9verb

   make legal

   "Marijuana should be legalized"

   Synonyms

   decriminalizelegaliselegalizelegitimatiselegitimatizelegitimiselegitimize
10. 10adjective

    authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

    "a legitimate government"

    Synonyms

    lawfullicit
11. 11adjective

    of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

12. 12adjective

    in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

    "legitimate advertising practices"

13. 13adjective

    based on known statements or events or conditions

    "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"

    Synonyms

    logical