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The act of making lawful
Answer for the clue "The act of making lawful ", 12 letters:
legitimation
Word definitions for legitimation in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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" the act of making lawful [syn: legalization , legalisation ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Middle French légitimation , from Medieval Latin legitimationem (nominative legitimatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of legitimare (see legitimate (adj.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Legitimation or legitimization is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within a given society . It is the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Legitimation \Le*git`i*ma"tion\ (-m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. l['e]gitimation.] The act of making legitimate. The coining or legitimation of money. --East. Lawful birth. [R.] --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The process of making or declaring a person legitimate. 2 (context obsolete English) legitimacy. 3 The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
Usage examples of legitimation.
Important segments of the discipline of history were also deeply embedded in the scholarly and popular production of alterity, and thus also in the legitimation of colonial rule.
The experience of social repression and arbitrariness had to be balanced with legitimations of domination.