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parenthood
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun parenthood has 1 sense
- parenthood(n = noun.state) parentage - the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man" is a kind of adulthood
Derived form noun parent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
parenthood, n.
The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent. [1913 Webster]
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