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Filial

Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.

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Daughterly 84% connected

Becoming a daughter; filial.

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Daughterly 84% connected

Becoming a daughter; filial.

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Progeny 66% connected

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

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Maternal 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

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Maternal 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

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Parental 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.

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Parental 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.

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Abandoned infant noun · 78% connection

a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

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Adopt verb · 78% connection

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

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Adoption noun · 78% connection

a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all pri…

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Amphidromical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the…

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Avoidance noun · 78% connection

The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death,…

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Bastard noun · 78% connection

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

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Birth noun · 78% connection

the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

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Check verb · 78% connection

develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their…

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Child noun · 78% connection

One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place…

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Childlike adjective · 78% connection

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

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Condition verb · 78% connection

develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their…

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Contraction noun · 78% connection

The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the cont…

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Daughterliness noun · 78% connection

The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.

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Decency noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions…

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Defiliation noun · 78% connection

Abstraction of a child from its parents.

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Discipline verb · 78% connection

develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their…

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Dutiful adjective · 78% connection

Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive…

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Duty noun · 78% connection

Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

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