legitimizing in English

verb

1

make legitimate.

voters legitimize the government through the election of public officials

synonyms: validate, legitimate, permit, authorize, sanction, license, condone, justify, endorse, support, legalize

verb

• validate, legitimate, permit, authorize, sanction, license, condone, justify, endorse, support, legalize
• legitimate, legalize, decriminalize, legitimatise, legitimatize

Use "legitimizing" in a sentence

1. Could be a real start toward legitimizing S.H.I.E.L.D.

2. The bottom line is, there is no stake in anyone legitimizing campaign financing.

3. The role of elected assemblies is largely reduced to legitimizing policy formulation in tripartite planning councils.

4. Smith Kline added that this amendment had the effect of legitimizing acts of unfair competition which it alleged had been perpetrated by competitors before the Law was amended.

5. ' Burying the dictator in the Libingan ng mga Bayani buries human dignity by legitimizing the massive violations of human and civil rights, especially of the right to life, that took place under his regime.