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legit

[luh-jit] / ləˈdʒɪt /

ADJECTIVE

authentic, valid, lawful

Synonyms

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authorized bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded condign constitutional decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just justifiable kosher legal legalized legislated legitimate legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered passed permissible proper protected rightful ruled statutory valid vested warrantable warranted

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“This seems like a legit proposal, but it isn’t.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Turner’s sailing bona fides were legit long before his mogul ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

“Finding a way” is OK, as long as it’s legit.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Laura believes that while the competition was "legit" and well organised, "he knew exactly which girls were vulnerable".

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

“I don’t know if you are legit, crazy or trying to entrap me,” she wrote.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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