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Synonyms:
- consistent, legislative, left-handed, current, decriminalise, reliable, kinship, lucid, legitimise, judicial, rule-governed, real, received, understandable, ordered, guiltless, original, proper, distant, certain, legitimatise, morganatic, bastard, reasonable, legally, constitutional, direct, fair, probable, verifiable, familial, unbiased, innocent, legit, family, authoritative, accepted, right, veritable, fair-minded, permissible, decent, logical, rightful, legal, legalise, coherent, lawfully-begotten, just, close, natural, legitimacy, true, illegitimate, trustworthy, independent, genuine, law, recognized, sanctionable, legitimize, legalize, authorized, lawful, decriminalize, authentic, illegitimacy, established, legitimatize, accredited, constituted, valid, clean, defensible, licit, sure, statutory, filial
Examples:
- - Neither of them ever attempts to put an enemy to flight by legitimate means. - "The Human Side of Animals", Royal Dixon
- - " As a matter of fact, I don't know precisely what he is doing with the money, but I guess it is finding its way into legitimate channels. - "The Grafters", Francis Lynde
- - Yes, the bear was the old hunter's legitimate prize- they'd wait, guns ready- Don't shoot! - "Dorothy on a Ranch", Evelyn Raymond
Antonyms:
- corrupt, baseborn, illegalise, apocryphal, base, unestablished, wrong, spurious, wicked, illegal, fatherless, left-handed, criminalize, unlawful, lawless, invalid, outlawed, sinful, criminal, unjust, evil, guilty, outlaw, illegalize, illegitimate, adulterine, counterfeit, unconstitutional, under-the-table, misbegot, prohibited, wrongful, fabulous, misbegotten, disputed, immoral, under-the-counter, exploded, unauthorized, false, bad, illicit, iniquitous, reprobate, baseless, banned, bastardly, fictitious, impermissible, forbidden, criminalise
