noun. The act of making legal, or of giving a thing the recognition of law.

noun. The act of rendering legitimate; specifically, the investing of an illegitimate child, or one supposed to be the issue of an illegal marriage, with the rights of one born in lawful wedlock.

noun. In Germany, etc., proof of identity and of legal permission to reside in a certain place, engage in a certain occupation, etc.

noun. The act of making legitimate.

noun. Lawful birth.

noun. The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.

noun. Legitimacy.

noun. The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.

noun. the act of making lawful

noun. the act of rendering a person legitimate

"By the notion of legitimation I mean that the men and women in the crowd were informed by the belief that they were defending traditional rights or customs; and, in general, that they were supported by the wider consensus of the community."

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