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English noun: paternal quality | |||
| 1. | paternal quality (attribute) the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father | ||
| Samples | The gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears. | ||
| Synonyms | fatherliness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parental quality | ||
| Attribute | paternal | ||
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