as in legitimacy
the quality or state of being legal
the senator questioned the legality of the proposed surveillance operation
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Recent Examples of legality
California Governor Gavin Newsom questioned the order's legality.
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Further, targeting scientists may trigger blowback given concerns regarding legality and morality.
—Jenna Jordan, The Conversation, 19 June 2025
The administration’s policies are more extreme, and there’s a brazenness to the whole affair—nobody’s even trying to justify the plot (or, in this case, cover up the corruption and dubious legality of the government’s deportation regime).
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
The pitcher's dominance this season has prompted a lawsuit by three anonymous opposing players amid a national divide over the legality of trans athletes in girls' sports.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Further, targeting scientists may trigger blowback given concerns regarding legality and morality.
—Jenna Jordan, The Conversation, 19 June 2025
The administration’s policies are more extreme, and there’s a brazenness to the whole affair—nobody’s even trying to justify the plot (or, in this case, cover up the corruption and dubious legality of the government’s deportation regime).
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
The pitcher's dominance this season has prompted a lawsuit by three anonymous opposing players amid a national divide over the legality of trans athletes in girls' sports.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legality
legitimacy
Noun
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Using the military to quash peaceful protestors endangers the legitimacy of our armed forces in the eyes of the American public.—
Time,
Time,
1 July 2025
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But technology, no matter how advanced, cannot instill legitimacy on its own.—
Bruce Schneier,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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“Legality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legality. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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