Meaning of PARENTAL
| Pronunciation: | | pu'rentl
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- [adj] relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"
- [adj] (genetics) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
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| | Synonyms: | | maternal, paternal |
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| | Antonyms: | | filial, filial | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pa*ren"tal\, a. [L. parentalis.]
1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental
authority; parental obligations.
2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender;
affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
The careful course and parental provision of nature.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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| | Related Terms: | | adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, conjugal, covering, custodial, defensive, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fatherlike, fatherly, filial, fond, fostering, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, guardian, guarding, husbandly, immunizing, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, mother, motherlike, motherly, parent, paternal, patriarchal, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, romantic, safeguarding, screening, sentimental, sheltering, shielding, soft, tender, tutelary, uxorious, vigilant, watchful, wifely |
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