I've come to see this as a legitimate function of reading and writing.

As a result, library funding became accepted as a legitimate function of local government.

The state has only three legitimate functions: police, military, and legal system, all necessary to control coercion, which is immoral if not restricted.

This remains a legitimate function, and if pensions were allowed to die, we would need something to take their place.

"There is a legitimate function for a competition, otherwise I wouldn't be there."

Indeed, entertainment was considered a legitimate function of historical writing.

This is a legitimate function of language, which resembles weaseling.

"There are some really legitimate functions for those, because different soils take in moisture at different rates," she said.

Truly long-term psychotherapies serve vital and legitimate functions in our culture.

Smith believed there were precisely three legitimate functions of government.