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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Filial \Fil"ial\, adjective [L. filialis, fr. filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. female, feminine. Cf. {Fitz}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.
2. Bearing the relation of a child.
And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
filial
adjective
1: designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation [ant: {parental}]
2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect" [ant: {parental}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "filial": adoring, affectionate, conjugal, daughterlike, daughterly, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fond, husbandly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, sonlike, sonly, tender, uxorious, wifely
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