رِشْدَةٌ

A mode, or manner, [and ↓ رَشْدَةٌ an act,] of رَشَاد [or right procedure; &c.]. (Ham p. 463.) [Hence,] هُوَ لِرِشْدَةٍ, (S, A, L, Msb,) and وُلِدَ لِرِشْدَةٍ, (L, K,) and ↓ لِرَشْدَةٍ, (L, Msb, K,) the latter according to AZ and Fr, and said to be the more chaste, but the former allowable according to Ks, and preferred by Th in the Fs, (L, TA,) [and seems to be the more common,] (tropical:) He is, or was, trueborn; (A, Msb;) opposite of لِزِنْيَةٍ, (S, L, K,) or لِزَنْيَةٍ, (Fr, TA,) and لِغَيَّةٍ. (AZ, Fr, TA.) And ↓ وُلِدَ لِغَيْرِ رَشْدَةٍ [or رِشْدَةٍ i. e. (tropical:) He was not trueborn]. (Fr, TA.) And هٰذَا وَلَدُ رِشْدَةٍ (tropical:) This is an offspring of valid marriage. (TA.) And اِدَّعَى ↓ وَلَدًا لِغَيْرِ رَشْدةٍ (tropical:) [He claimed, as his, a child not lawfully begotten, or not trueborn]. (TA, from a tradition)