Direct and Legitimate

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Direct adjective - Done or working without something else coming in between.

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Legitimate and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Legitimate" instead an adjective "Direct".

Legitimate adjective - Permitted by law.

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Direct and legitimate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead an adjective "Legitimate".

The game also has no legitimate release of its OST in any format, in direct contrast to every major Sonic title.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Video Games
Moses in the Bulrushes: Simon, who turns out to be Saint Ealhstan Fiskerne's direct descendant, and therefore the legitimate heir to the throne.

Source: Literature / Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
In Free Fall, Florence must obey direct orders from legitimate human authorities.

Source: My Rule-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours

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