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Webster 1913 Edition
Legitimation
Le-gitˊi-ma′tion
(-mā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
légitimation
.] 1.
The act of making legitimate.
The coining or
legitimation
of money. East.
2.
Lawful birth.
[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Legitimation
LEGITIMA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of rendering legitimate, or of investing an illegitimate child with the rights of one born in wedlock.2.
Lawful birth. [Unusual.]Definition 2025
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See also: légitimation
English
Noun
legitimation (usually uncountable, plural legitimations)
- The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.
- (obsolete) Legitimacy.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, King John, First Folio 1623, I.1:
- I am not Sir Roberts sonne, / I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, / Legitimation, name, and all is gone [...].
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, King John, First Folio 1623, I.1:
- The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 231:
- Le Paige established a legitimation for the Parlement's authority which was part history, part romantic fiction, and part political wishful thinking.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 231:
Synonyms
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
legitimation c
- an ID card or other means of identification
Declension
| Inflection of legitimation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | legitimation | legitimationen | legitimationer | legitimationerna |
| Genitive | legitimations | legitimationens | legitimationers | legitimationernas |