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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the status of being born to parents who were not married;
[syn: bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister]

2. unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Illegitimacy \Il`le*git"i*ma*cy\, n. The state of being illegitimate. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

illegitimacy n 1: the status of being born to parents who were not married [syn: bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister] 2: unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law [ant: legitimacy]