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fatherliness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fatherliness has 1 sense
- fatherliness(n = noun.attribute) paternal quality - the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father; "the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears" is a kind of parental quality
Derived form adjective fatherly1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fatherliness, n. [From Fatherly.].
The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc. [1913 Webster]
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