maternity
Nouns
- (n) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus pregnancy, gestation,
- (n) the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother motherhood,
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(n) 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