Noun

• S: (n) legitimation (the act of rendering a person legitimate) "he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king"; "his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation"
• domain category
• S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) legalization, legalisation, legitimation (the act of making lawful)