"legitimating" in the verb sense
1. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
make legal
"Marijuana should be legalized"
2. legitimate
show or affirm to be just and legitimate
3. legitimate
make (an illegitimate child) legitimate declare the legitimacy of (someone
"They legitimized their natural child"
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