LEGITIMATING Antonyms

• expressing or manifesting disapproval

• establishing as invalid or untrue

• characterized by active hostility

• declare untrue; contradict

• refuse to accept or believe

• refuse to grant, as of a petition or request

• refuse to let have

• deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

• deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

• refuse to recognize or acknowledge

• the state of being held in low esteem

• cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

• damage the reputation of

• reject as false; refuse to accept

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• coming into conflict with

• take exception to

• have a disagreement over something

• declare invalid

• show to be invalid

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

• prove to be false or incorrect

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

• the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

• contrary to or forbidden by law