PATERNAL

• (adj.) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

  "parental guidance"

  synonyms : maternal , parental

  Her maternal instinct caused her to pull the child away from the street. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) characteristic of a father

• (adj.) belonging to or inherited from one's father

  "spent his childhood on the paternal farm", "paternal traits"

• (adj.) related on the father's side

  "a paternal aunt"

  synonyms : agnate , agnatic

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