parental quality

/pəˌrɛntl ˌkwɑlədi/
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Other forms: parental qualities

Definitions of parental quality
  1. noun
    a quality appropriate to a parent
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    types:
    maternal quality, maternalism, maternity, motherliness
    the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
    fatherliness, paternal quality
    the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father
    type of:
    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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