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Legitimate

lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət

Legitimate definitions

adjective

Inflections:

legitimate

conforming to the law or to rules

"his claims to legitimate authority"

Synonyms:
legal lawful licit legalized authorized permitted permissible allowable allowed admissible recognized sanctioned approved licensed statutory constitutional within the law going by the rules above board valid honest upright
- (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other
  
  "a legitimate male heir"
- (of a sovereign) having a title based on strict hereditary right
  
  "the last legitimate Anglo-Saxon king"
able to be defended with logic or justification; valid

"a legitimate excuse for being late"

Synonyms:
valid sound admissible acceptable well founded justifiable reasonable sensible tenable defensible supportable just warrantable fair bona fide proper genuine plausible credible believable reliable understandable logical rational
constituting or relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy, revue, etc.

"the legitimate theatre"

verb

Inflections:

legitimate legitimated legitimates legitimating