legitimation
Meanings
noun
- The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.
- Legitimacy.
- The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
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Etymology
From Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus. By surface analysis, legitimate + -ion.
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