Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illegitimacy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Illegitimacy \Il`le*git"i*ma*cy\, n.
The state of being illegitimate. --Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
illegitimacy
n 1: the status of being born to parents who were not married
[syn: {bastardy}, {bar sinister}]
2: unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in
accordance with law [ant: {legitimacy}]
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