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2. compel legally, decree, order, make mandatory; necessitate, require, oblige, force, Inf strong-arm, dragoon; coerce, force upon, cram or force down [s.o.'s] throat.
legislation, n. 1. lawmaking, law enacting, law formulation; codification, regulation, prescription.
2. body of law, law, statutes; corpus juris, code, constitution, canon, ordinances, pandects; act, enactment, rule, ruling; prescript, dictate, bylaw.
legislative, adj. lawmaking, lawgiving, judicial, legislatorial, congressional, senatorial, synodical, parliamentary, jurisdictive.
legislator, n. 1. lawmaker, lawgiver, solon, elder statesman, statesman, politician, politico, Inf. pol.
2. Member of Congress, M.C., Member of Parliament, M.P.; senator, congressman or congresswoman, legislatrix, U.S. congressman-at-large, representative, Sl. rep, Amer. Hist, burgess, conscript fathers; state legislator, state senator, state representative, U.S. assemblyman, councilman, (in most New England states) selectman.
legislature, n. 1. congress, senate, diet, upper house, lower house; caucus, convention, session, convocation, council, governing body, Inf. graybeards.
2. Congress of the United States, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives; General Assembly, State Senate, State House; (in Russia) Duma, (in the U.S.S.R.) Soviet, (in France) Chamber of Deputies, (in Germany) Reichstag, (in West Germany) Bundestag, (in Sweden) Riksdag, (in Norway) Storthing, (in Austria, Swtizerland) Bundesversammlung, (in Denmark) Rigsdag, (in Eire) Oirechtas, (in Spain) Cortes, (in Portugal) Cortes Geraes, (in the Netherlands) States-General, (all in Great Britain) Parliament, House of Lords, House of Commons.
legitimate, adj. 1. legal, licit, lawful, Sl. legit; within the law, by law, de jure, legally sound; statutory, legislated, enfranchised; constitutional, decreed, ordained, prescribed, mandated; licensed, chartered, empowered, indefeasible.
2. proper, right, rightful, Inf O.K., Inf. A-O.K.; going by the rules, according to Hoyle, Inf. kosher; permitted, permissible, within bounds, allowable; sanctioned, warranted, approved; equitable, just, fair, Inf. straight-arrow, on the level, on the up and up, aboveboard; accurate, authoritative, unerring, unerrant, on the straight and narrow; honest, honest as the day is long, true-blue; all wool and a yard wide.
3. logical, reasonable, rational, inferable; coherent, holding together; admissible, sound, valid; plausible, credible, believable, reliable.
4. genuine, unspurious, real, Inf. for-real, Inf the real McCoy; true, authentic, Inf eighteen-carat; sincere, heartfelt, trustworthy; pure, natural, unsynthetic, unfaked, unadulterated, raw; sound as a dollar. -v. 5. legalize, pronounce lawful, justify. See - legitimize.
legitimize, v. legalize, pronounce lawful, legitimatize, legitimate; justify, vindicate, authorize, sanction, warrant, give the stamp of approval; validate, certify, entitle; legislate, decree, ordain, mandate; license, charter; launder.
legume, n. 1 seed vessel, seedcase, pod, seed pod, capsule, hull, pericarp.
2. lentil, bean, green bean, Fr. haricot vert, soybean, pea, pulse, vetch.
leisure, n. 1. freedom, liberty, disengagement, unrestraint; inactivity, It. dolce far niente, inoccupation, unemployment, retirement; free or vacant or spare time, time to burn or spare or kill, idle hours; breathing spell, breather, pause, respite, Inf letup, relief, breathing space; day off, holiday, vacation, 2. ease, comfort, It. dolce vita, good life; restfulness, relaxation, repose, quiet, tranquillity, peace; slowness, unhurriedness, one's own sweet time, snail's pace; loafing, Inf. knocking about, Si. flopping around.
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