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Legitimacy

The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.

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Credibility 76% connected

The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

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Credibleness 76% connected

The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.

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Authenticity 92% connected

The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Ambiguity noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Equality noun · 86% connection

the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

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Equivocalness noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Good noun · 86% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Hardness noun · 86% connection

a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on t…

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Humour noun · 86% connection

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Isometry noun · 86% connection

equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)

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Linear perspective noun · 86% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Morbidity noun · 86% connection

the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you

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Perspective noun · 86% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Power noun · 86% connection

possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness wa…

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Precariousness noun · 86% connection

being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"

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Prevalence noun · 86% connection

the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"

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Africander noun · 78% connection

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born o…

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Baseborn adjective · 78% connection

Born out of wedlock.

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Bastard noun · 78% connection

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

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Cognizance noun · 78% connection

A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defe…

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Concubinage noun · 78% connection

A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endow…

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Conformably adverb · 78% connection

With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.

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Congeable adjective · 78% connection

Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.

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Countrywoman noun · 78% connection

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or…

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Create adjective · 78% connection

Created; composed; begotten.

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Execution noun · 78% connection

A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.

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Father noun · 78% connection

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

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