Synonyms of the word

legitimise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize.

allow

• v. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
• v. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
• v. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
• v. To not bar or obstruct.
• v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
• v. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
• v. (transitive) To render physically possible.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
• v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

countenance

• n. Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
• n. Favour; support; encouragement.
• n. (obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
• n. calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
• v. (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.

decriminalise

• v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of decriminalize.

decriminalize

• v. (transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

legalise

• v. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically…

legalize

• v. (American) Alternative spelling of legalise.

legitimate

• adj. In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
• adj. Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
• adj. Authentic, real, genuine.
• adj. Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
• adj. Relating to hereditary rights.
• n. A person born to a legally married couple.
• v. To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person…

legitimatize

• v. (transitive) To make legitimate.
• v. (transitive) To legalize.

legitimize

• v. (transitive) To make legitimate.

let

• v. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
• v. (transitive) To leave.
• v. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
• v. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
• v. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
• v. (transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
• v. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
• n. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
• v. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
• v. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
• v. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.
• n. An obstacle or hindrance.
• n. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

permit

• v. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
• v. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
• v. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
• v. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
• v. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
• v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
• v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for…
• n. (obsolete) Formal permission.
• n. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
• n. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.