2 collocations for legitimize

At last I arranged with Father Mashboef to give the sanction of the Church to the marriages and legitimize the little Carloses and Carlottas with holy water, and it cost the company about $700 to rectify the matrimonial situation in Santa Cruz.

However stupid, bad or wicked a man may have been, if he is only rude into the bargain, he condones and legitimizes all his faults.

2 collocations for  legitimize