legitimate

legitimate drama (= legitimate stage)

a legitimate solution to the problem.

his claims to legitimate authority.

a legitimate excuse for being late.

the last legitimate Anglo-Saxon king.

the regime was not legitimated by popular support.

They had, prima facie, a legitimate complaint.

legitimate child, illegitimate child, legal presumption that the child is legitimate, renouncement that the child is legitimate,recognition, legitimation.

forsook Hollywood and returned to the legitimate stage.

Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.

legitimate news stories which the press is duty-bound to report.

The judge ruled that the plaintiff had been defamed and had legitimate grounds for a lawsuit.

As for the renouncement of legitimate child, the paper defines its limitation in time, right perdition and relevant almsgiving measurements.

The illicit economy robs legitimate markets by undercutting legitimate businesses.

My wallow is legitimate. I was dumped.

China will resolutely defend its own legitimate interests.

It's perfectly safe. It's a legitimate airline!

You know my work is just as legitimate as yours is, Randall.

But that does not legitimate her trial and execution.

It is quite legitimate to speak of habits of thought.

Are these doomsayers overreacting, or is their charge legitimate?

It didn't respond to legitimate changes by workers.

Because we do not get calls which are legitimate.