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illegitimate (born out of wedlock)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Illegitimate — Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Illegitimate fertilization — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Illegitimate union — Illegitimate Il le*git i*mate, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Legitimation — • The canonical term for the act by which the irregularity contracted by being born out of lawful wedlock is removed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Legitimation Legitimation … Catholic encyclopedia
illegitimate — il·le·git·i·mate /ˌi li ji tə mət/ adj 1: not recognized by the law as offspring; specif: born out of marriage ◇ An illegitimate child is usu. legitimated by his or her parents later marriage. Illegitimate children generally have the same… … Law dictionary
illegitimate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See illegality. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unlawful] Syn. contraband, wrong, illicit, irregular; see illegal , wicked 1 . 2. [Born of unmarried parents] Syn. born out of wedlock, natural, fatherless … English dictionary for students
illegitimate — a. 1. Unlawfully begotten, born out of wedlock. 2. Spurious, not genuine. 3. Unauthorized, unlawful, illicit, improper … New dictionary of synonyms
bastard — n 1. illegitimate child, bye blow, Brit. Sl. get, Archaic. whoreson, natural child, love child. 2.Slang. a. scoundrel, villain, rascal, cad, dog, blackguard. See scoundrel (defs.1, 2).b. failure, All Inf. loser, dud, washout. adj 3. illegitimate … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
spurious — adj 1. counterfeit, fraudulent, imitation, fake Inf. phony, forged; not genuine, bogus, supposititious, bastardly Australian. bunyip; unreal, false, insincere, mock, ersatz, synthetic; pretended, feigned, simulated, sham, make believe; artifical … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
misbegotten — [mis΄bē gät′ n] adj. 1. wrongly or unlawfully begotten; specif., born out of wedlock: also misbegot 2. wrongly or badly conceived [misbegotten rules] … English World dictionary
