legitimate
adjective/lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt/
Frequency rank: #3,129 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Allowed by law or accepted by the rules; reasonable and fair.
Example sentence
The company provided all the necessary documents to prove that its claim was legitimate.
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