Associations to the word «Illegitimacy»

Wiktionary

ILLEGITIMACY, noun. The state or condition of being illegitimate

Dictionary definition

ILLEGITIMACY, noun. The status of being born to parents who were not married.
ILLEGITIMACY, noun. Unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne