LEGITIMIZING Synonyms

• implying sanction or serving to sanction

• serving to support or corroborate

• grant credentials to

• provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials

• ascribe an achievement to

• establish the authenticity of something

• grant authorization or clearance for

• give or delegate power or authority to

• be behind; approve of

• give support or one's approval to

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• sign as evidence of legal transfer

• show to be right by providing justification or proof

• (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin

• adjust the spaces between words

• make legal

• of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

• based on known statements or events or conditions

• in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

• authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

• make legal

• show or affirm to be just and legitimate

• make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

• make legal

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