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/aʊt əv wˈɛdlˌɑk/ Listen

Out of wedlock

adverb

Of biological parents not married to each other. Synonym: illegitimately.

Of unwed parents. Synonym: outside marriage.

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"Out of wedlock" Quotes from Famous Books

... reason why society cannot afford to be lenient with illegitimacy is that there is no proper provision for rearing children born out of wedlock. The woman and the child usually need the financial support of the man; they always need his love and care. If the man marries the girl he has wronged, there is not only the disgrace still attaching to her (and rightly to him, still more), ...

— Problems of Conduct • Durant Drake

Words linked to "Out of wedlock" : legitimately, illegitimately, outside marriage