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illegitimation

  • a word derived from illegitimate.
    illegitimate
    adjective
    born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock.
  • a word derived from legitimation.
    legitimation
    noun
    the act of making something legitimate or lawful.

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But its illegitimation does not seem to have greatly circumscribed its activity.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various