legitimate
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Other meanings
Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
“legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method”
Authentic, real, genuine.
“legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions”
Related words
- legitimately
- legitimateness
- legitimatize
- legitimator
- nonlegitimate
- semilegitimate
- legitimate drama
- legitimate interest
- legitimate fertilization
- legitimate theater
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "lēx" (law).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “legitimate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.