About The Word Parental
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Parental
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What's The Definition Of Parental?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Parental: maternal | paternal Related Terms | Find terms related to Parental: 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 See Also | Parental In Webster's Dictionary \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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