"legitimation" meaning in English

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        "The process of making or declaring a person legitimate."
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          "sense": "process of legitimizing",
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          "word": "légitimation"
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          "sense": "process of legitimizing",
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        "Legitimacy."
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        "The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization."
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