(n.) The state of being illegitimate.

achievement alerion animal charge annulet argent armorial bearings armory arms aspersion attaint azure badge of infamy bandeau bantling bar bastard bastard child bastardism bastardy baton bearings bend bend sinister billet black eye black mark blazon blazonry blot blur bordure brand broad arrow by-blow cadency mark canton censure champain chaplet charge chevron chief coat of arms cockatrice coronet crescent crest cross cross moline crown device difference differencing disparagement eagle ermine ermines erminites erminois escutcheon falcon fess fess point field file flanch fleur-de-lis fret fur fusil garland griffin gules gyron hatchment helmet heraldic device honor point illegitimacy illegitimate illegitimate child illegitimateness impalement impaling imputation inescutcheon label lion love child lozenge mantling mark of Cain marshaling martlet mascle metal motto mullet nombril point octofoil odium onus or ordinary orle pale paly pean pheon pillorying point champain purpure quarter quartering reflection reprimand reproach rose sable saltire scutcheon shield slur smear smirch smudge smutch spot spread eagle stain stigma stigmatism stigmatization subordinary taint tarnish tenne tincture torse tressure unicorn vair vert wreath yale