relegitimize
verb
re·le·git·i·mize
(ˌ)rē-li-ˈji-tə-ˌmīz
relegitimized; relegitimizing
: to give new or renewed legitimacy to (something) : to legitimize (something) again
… a means of relegitimizing their authority with their own people.—James H. Billington
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