Word Study
legitim |
legitimacy |
legitimate |
legitimately |
legitimateness |
legitimation
| legitimatise
| legitimatist
| legitimatize
| legitimise
| legitimism
legitimation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun legitimation has 2 senses
- legitimation(n = noun.act) Array - the act of rendering a person legitimate; "he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king"; "his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation" is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
- legitimation(n = noun.act) legalisation, legalization - the act of making lawful; Array is a kind of group action
Derived form verb legitimate3
Derived forms verb legitimate2, verb legitimate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
legitimation, n. [Cf. F. légitimation.].
- The act of making legitimate. [1913 Webster]"The coining or legitimation of money." [1913 Webster]
- Lawful birth. Shak. [1913 Webster]
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