ILLEGITIMACIES Antonyms

• not fake or counterfeit

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• conformable to or allowed by law

• according to custom or rule or natural law

• having a legally established claim

• authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

• established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

• of or relating to jurisprudence

• relating to or characteristic of the profession of law

• having legal efficacy or force

• allowed by official rules

• 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)

• marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

• having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

• limited to the thing specified

• appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

• legally valid

• having a legally established claim

• well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force

• still legally acceptable

• lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

• undisputed credibility

• the quality of being valid and rigorous

• the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

• lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

• undisputed credibility