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legitimate

English

  1. 🔊 of marriages and offspring
  2. 🔊 in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles
    “legitimate advertising practices”
  3. 🔊 based on known statements or events or conditions
    “rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year”
  4. 🔊 authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
    “a legitimate government”
  5. 🔊 make (an illegitimate child) legitimate
    “They legitimized their natural child”
  6. 🔊 show or affirm to be just and legitimate
  7. 🔊 make legal
    “Marijuana should be legalized”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 legítimo legitimate, rightful, lawful

Similar words

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