Legintimate leige-In-to-mate adjective 1. Appropriate and/or approved level of closeness. 2. In accordance with or avoiding the creation of any restraining order. "'I would approve of a legintimate range of one nautical mile.' 'You mean... a NAUGHTYcal mile?' 'Two nautical miles.'" -Avast, Jib. "Ships: Navigating the Murky Waters of Ship to Ship Romance".