[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["according to law; lawful :the property's legitimate owner.Synonyms: licit , legal Antonyms: illegitimate", "in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.Synonyms: sanctioned", "born in wedlock or of legally married parents:legitimate children.", "in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical :a legitimate conclusion.Synonyms: valid", "resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right:a legitimate sovereign.", "not spurious or unjustified; genuine :It was a legitimate complaint.", "of the normal or regular type or kind.", "Theater.of or relating to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc.:an actor in the legitimate theater."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful:Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne.Synonyms: legalize", "to establish as lawfully born:His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law.", "to show or declare to be legitimate or proper:He was under obligation to legitimate his commission.", "to justify; sanction or authorize:His behavior was legitimated by custom."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the legitimate,the legitimate theater or drama.", "a person who is established as being legitimate."]}]