legitimize[verb]Synonyms: legalize, authorize, permit, sanction
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le‧git‧i‧mize (
also legitimise British English) /lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz, lɪˈdʒɪtɪmaɪz/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Latin;
Origin: legitimus; ⇒ legitimate]
1. to make something that is unfair or morally wrong seem acceptable and right:
There is a danger that these films legitimize violence.2. to make something official or legal:
Acceptance by the UN would effectively legitimize the regime.3. when parents legitimize a child, they get married so that the child becomes
legitimate1(3)
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