legitimation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of making lawful (noun.act)

hypernym	:	group action,
definition	:	action taken by a group of people (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

2. the act of rendering a person legitimate (noun.act)

hypernym	:	act, deed, human action, human activity,
definition	:	something that people do or cause to happen (noun.tops)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. the act of making lawful (noun.act)

derivation	:	legitimate,
definition	:	show or affirm to be just and legitimate (verb.communication)

derivation	:	decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize,
definition	:	make legal (verb.social)

4. the act of rendering a person legitimate (noun.act)

derivation	:	legitimate,
definition	:	make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone) (verb.change)

5. the act of making lawful (noun.act)

derivation	:	legitimate,
definition	:	show or affirm to be just and legitimate (verb.communication)

derivation	:	decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize,
definition	:	make legal (verb.social)

6. the act of rendering a person legitimate (noun.act)

derivation	:	legitimate,
definition	:	make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone) (verb.change)