LEGITIMATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legitimation mean? 

• LEGITIMATION (noun)
  The noun LEGITIMATION has 2 senses:

1. the act of rendering a person legitimate

2. the act of making lawful

  Familiarity information: LEGITIMATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGITIMATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of rendering a person legitimate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation

Hypernyms ("legitimation" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

legitimate (make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making lawful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

legalisation; legalization; legitimation

Hypernyms ("legitimation" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

legitimate (show or affirm to be just and legitimate)

legitimate (make legal)