MATERNITY

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : maternal quality , maternalism , motherliness

• (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

  synonyms : motherhood

• (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

  synonyms : gestation , pregnancy

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