maternity, n.
(maternities)
(maternities)
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
<noun.attribute>
maternal quality maternalism maternity motherliness
sample sentences
"the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
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derivationally related form
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the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
<noun.relation>
maternity motherhood
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
<noun.state>
gestation maternity pregnancy
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derivationally related form
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member of this domain (topic)
fetal movement, foetal movement
amniocentesis, amnio
stretch mark
endometrium
phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis
part meronym
cleavage, segmentation
quickening
confinement, parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed
morning sickness
hypernym
hyponym