Legitimation
/lɪdʒɪtɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of making or declaring a person legitimate. uncountable, usually
- 2 the act of making lawful wordnet
- 3 Legitimacy. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"I am not Sir Roberts sonne, / I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, / Legitimation, name, and all is gone […]."
- 4 the act of rendering a person legitimate wordnet
- 5 The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization. uncountable, usually
"Le Paige established a legitimation for the Parlement's authority which was part history, part romantic fiction, and part political wishful thinking."
Example
More examples"I am not Sir Roberts sonne, / I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, / Legitimation, name, and all is gone […]."
Etymology
From Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus.