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Legitimization

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legitimationnounThe act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
legitimacynounThe quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
legalitynounLawfulness.
lawfulnessnounProperty of being lawful, of obeying the law.
validationnounThe act of validating something.
entitlementnounThe right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
justificationnoun(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
regularisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of regularization. [The act of making regular, of regularizing.]
regularizationnoun(mathematics, computer science, finance) a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting.
legitimisationnoun(British) Alternative spelling of legitimization. [The process of legitimizing, of making legitimate and/or legal.]
legalisationnoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of legalization. [The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.]
identitynounThe difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
legalizationnounThe process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
decriminalizationnounThe act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
standingnoun(figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
illegalitynoun(law) the state of being illegal
unlawfulnessnoun(uncountable) The state of being unlawful.
wrongfulnessnounThe state or quality of being wrongful.
launderingnounThe act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
bleachingnounThe process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.

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