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maternity, motherhood | the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | |
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maternalism, motherliness, maternal quality, maternity | the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | |
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maternity, gestation, pregnancy | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus |