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legitimise(verb, favor, authorize, substantiate, enable)
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legitimatise
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license(verb, allow, authorize, sanction, regulate)
7
warrant(verb, support, allow, defend, sanction)
6
decriminalise
6
justify(verb, defend, explain, endorse, prove)
6
legalise
6
ratify(verb, endorse, prove, substantiate)
5
enact(verb, legalize)
5
make legal(verb, expression, idiom, endorse, prove)
5
permit(verb, allow, authorize, sanction, regulate)
4
allow(verb, authorize, sanction, enable, authorise)
4
approve(verb, support, favor, endorse, substantiate)
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