Associations to the word «Legitimation»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
LEGITIMATION, noun. The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.
LEGITIMATION, noun. (obsolete) Legitimacy.
LEGITIMATION, noun. The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
Dictionary definition
LEGITIMATION, noun. 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".
LEGITIMATION, noun. The act of making lawful.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.