wedlock

As a proper noun lock

is .

As a noun wedlock is

the state of being married; matrimony.

In obsolete terms the difference between wedlock and bastard

is that wedlock is a wife; a married woman while bastard is to bastardize.

As nouns the difference between wedlock and bastard

is that wedlock is the state of being married; matrimony while bastard is a person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.

As an adjective bastard is

of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant.

As an interjection bastard is

exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.

As a verb bastard is

to bastardize.

As nouns the difference between wedlock and nuptials

is that wedlock is the state of being married; matrimony while nuptials is wedding ceremony.

As nouns the difference between wedding and wedlock

is that wedding is marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage while wedlock is the state of being married; matrimony.

As a verb wedding

is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between wedlock and pedlock

is that wedlock is the state of being married; matrimony while pedlock is the condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and wedlock

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while wedlock is the state of being married; matrimony.

As a noun wedlock

is the state of being married; matrimony.

As an adjective nonwedlock is

not in wedlock.