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Maternity

The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother.

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Gravidation 76% connected

Gravidity.

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Gravidity 76% connected

The state of being gravidated; pregnancy.

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Para 76% connected

A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

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Parity 76% connected

The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Broader term 2

Kinship 76% connected

Family relationship.

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Relationship 76% connected

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

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Derivationally related 4

Motherly 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care.

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Motherly 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care.

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Pregnant 74% connected

Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

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Pregnant 74% connected

Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

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Childbed 70% connected

The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.

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Cleavage 70% connected

The act of cleaving or splitting.

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Confinement 70% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Labor 70% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 70% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Lying-in 70% connected

The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement.

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Segmentation 70% connected

The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multipli…

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Travail 70% connected

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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Maternal 66% connected

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

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Maternal 66% connected

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

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Synonym 4

Gestation 92% connected

The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Motherhood 92% connected

The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

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Motherliness 92% connected

The state or quality of being motherly.

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Pregnancy 92% connected

The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.

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