illegitimate+child

  • 11Child abandonment — is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one s offspring with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting them. Causes include many social and cultural factors as well as mental illness. An abandoned child is called a… …

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  • 12Illegitimate — 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

  • 13Illegitimate 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

  • 14Illegitimate 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

  • 15illegitimate — adjective 1) illegitimate share trading Syn: illegal, unlawful, illicit, criminal, felonious; unlicensed, unauthorized, unsanctioned; prohibited, outlawed, banned, forbidden, proscribed; fraudulent, corrupt, dishonest; Law malfeasant; infor …

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  • 16illegitimate — illegitimately, adv. illegitimateness, illegitimation, n. adj., n. /il i jit euh mit/; v. /il i jit euh mayt /, adj., n., v., illegitimated, illegitimating. adj. 1. born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an… …

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  • 17illegitimate — adjective /ɪləˈdʒɪtəmət / (say iluh jituhmuht) 1. not legitimate; unlawful: an illegitimate act. 2. born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child. 3. irregular; not in good usage. 4. Logic not in accordance with the principle of inference. –verb (t) …

  • 18illegitimate — Synonyms and related words: actionable, affected, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bantling, bar sinister, baseborn, bastard, bastard child, bastardy, black market, bogus, bootleg, brummagem, by… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19child —   Keiki, kama; nōpu u (Ni ihau).   Also: lei, pua, liko, ōpu u, hāpu u, hānau, poke o. See orphan.    ♦ Beloved child, kama lei, pua lei, lei kau maka, keiki punahele.    ♦ Only child, kama kahi, hua kahi, hānau kahi (see saying, a o).    ♦… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 20illegitimate — il|le|git|i|mate [ ,ılə dʒıtımət ] adjective 1. ) born to parents who are not married to each other: an illegitimate child 2. ) FORMAL not allowed by the rules or laws: an illegitimate criminal regime ╾ il|le|git|i|mate|ly adverb …

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