Adjacent Words

Parental definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARENT'AL, a. Pertaining to parents; as parental government.
1. Becoming parents; tender; affectionate; as parental care of solicitude.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced [ant: filial]
2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal] [ant: filial]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see parent I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parental Pa*ren"tal, a. [L. parentalis.] 1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations. 2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care. The careful course and parental provision of nature. --Sir T. Browne.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Parental is used to describe something that relates to parents in general, or to one or both of the parents of a particular child. Medical treatment was sometimes given to children without parental consent... ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Affectionate, kind, tender, cherishing.

Moby Thesaurus

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