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/ˈbæstə(ɹ)di/ · noun
(law) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery..
Go, after, after, cousin Buckingham. The Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post:— There, at your meet'st advantage of the time, Infer the bastardy of Edward's children: Tell them how Edward put to death a citizen, Only for saying he would make his son Heir to the crown;—meaning, indeed, his house, Which, by the sign thereof, was termed so.
Use bastardy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bastardy means (law) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery..
Common synonyms include bar sinister, illegitimacy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Go, after, after, cousin Buckingham. The Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post:— There, at your meet'st advantage of the time, Infer the bastardy of Edward's children: Tell them how Edward put to death a citizen, Only for saying he would make his son Heir to the crown;—meaning, indeed, his house, Which, by the sign thereof, was termed so.
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