Preposition: of

• debt: Understanding the illegitimacy of the debt reinforces the arguments for debt cancelation, and opens up some new options for accomplishing this.

Converse of object

• denote: An alias, often abbreviated to ' als ' in the registers did not always denote illegitimacy, however.

Preposition: at

• heart: Surely, it must be folly to place illegitimacy at the heart of the constitution as a deliberate principle.

Adjective modifier

• alleged: According to William, Athelstan's alleged illegitimacy was the grounds that one Alfred used in an attempt to prevent Athelstan being crowned.

• encouraging: Much on the media is promoting promiscuity, maligning marriage, and encouraging illegitimacy.

• e.g.: Modern society has challenged negative stereotypes about identity e.g. illegitimacy, race.

• political: The real causes include political illegitimacy, corruption and gross macroeconomic mismanagement.

• own: My mother hid her own illegitimacy this way for a long time.

Modifies a noun

• rate: By the end of the war the illegitimacy rate was about 6 % .