relegitimize
verb[T]
formalformal(UKusuallyrelegitimise);(re-legitimize,re-legitimise)uk/ˌriː.ləˈdʒɪt.ə.maɪz/us/ˌriː.ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.maɪz/to make somethinglegaloracceptableagain:
Thepresidenthashelpedto relegitimize theUnitedNationsas theappropriateforumforsettlinginternationaldisputes.
Hermissionis to re-legitimise anorganizationwhoseimagehas beenseverelydamaged.
Synonym
legitimate
- Thegovernmentemergedfrom thecrisisre-energized and relegitimized.
- Critics have now re-evaluated and re-legitimised theartof theperiod.
- Theyhopethat theconferencewill re-legitimize theinstitutionin theeyesof manycountries.
UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- abrogation
- amend
- amendment
- assemblyman
- constitutional
- enforce
- gold plate
- Green Paper
- guillotine
- hard Brexitidiom
- jurisprudence
- presiding officer
- Prime Minister's Questions
- private member's bill
- prohibit
- prohibition
- sanction
- whip
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