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Verb: legitimize  lu'ji-tu,mIz
  1. Make legal
    - legalize, legalise [Brit], decriminalize, decriminalise [Brit], legitimise [Brit], legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise [Brit]

Derived forms: legitimized, legitimizes, legitimizing

Type of: allow, countenance, let, permit

Antonym: criminalize

Encyclopedia: Legitimize

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