Synonyms: motherliness, maternal quality, maternalism, maternity
Definition: the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
Usage: the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children
Similar words: parental quality
Definition: a quality appropriate to a parent
Synonyms: maternity, motherhood
Definition: the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
Similar words: relationship, family relationship, kinship
Definition: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Synonyms: pregnancy, maternity, gestation
Definition: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Similar words: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
Definition: the condition or state of the body or bodily functions