Maternity (Noun)
Meaning 1
The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother.
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
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Meaning 2
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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.