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maternity
noun
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
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məˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti
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noun
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
“the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children”
noun
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
noun
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
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the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children
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