love children
Out-of-wedlock offspring
Love children is the plural of love child—a child born to parents who aren't married to each other.
The term is a euphemism for bastard or illegitimate child, casting the circumstances in a romantic rather than shameful light: The duke's love children were provided for in his will.
The phrase sounds somewhat dated, as the stigma around unmarried parenthood has faded.
- secretConcealed information
- family secretHidden domestic truth
- hidden heirConcealed inheritor of estate
- illegitimateNot authorized or recognized
- out of wedlockBorn to unmarried parents
nonmarital · extramarital · offspring · parentage · progeny · idolize · babe · by-blows · care · affection · nurture · lineage · blood ties · bond · attachment · father figure · born out of wedlock · paternity