legitimating
[ adjective, noun li-jit-uh-mit; verb li-jit-uh-meyt ]
Synonyms for legitimating
- approve
- authorize
- codify
- constitute
- decriminalize
- enact
- permit
- regulate
- decree
- formulate
- launder
- legislate
- legitimate
- legitimatize
- license
- ordain
- sanction
- clean up
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR LEGITIMATING
So she sat in her own room and devised fifty expedients for legitimating her acquaintance with the interesting unknown.