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maternal quality
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maternal quality has 1 sense
- maternal quality(n = noun.attribute) maternalism, maternity, motherliness - 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" is a kind of parental quality
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