Abstract: The subject of this research is the determination of peculiarities of interrelation between the government and society. The object is the examination of notions of “legitimation” and “violence” that characterize such interrelation. The author meticulously reviews various approaches towards the understanding of relationship between the government and society, which are provided in form of the normative and descriptive theories. Due to this fact, the article considers the possible level of congruency of the terms “legitimation” and “violence”, as well as their correlation with other notions, such as “discourse”, “physical violence”, “legitimate violence”, “justice”, “and agreement”. Methodology of this research is the analysis of interrelation between the government and society in form of reflection of the terms “legitimation” and “violence”, as well as viable synthesis of these notions. The main conclusion of consists in determination of the position of violence as a certain stage of evolution of legitimation in capacity of legitimate violence, the highest level of which is the legality. Perception of the legitimate violence as a final stage of evolution of legitimation leads to the distorted understanding of legitimation. Thus, legitimation is viewed as a process of development of a discourse that is based on the unspoken agreement towards active cooperation that is centered around the mutual understanding of individuals.