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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parental \Pa*ren"tal\, adjective [L. parentalis.]
1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations; parental affection.
2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
The careful course and parental provision of nature. --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
parental
adjective
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: {maternal}, {paternal}] [ant: {filial}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "parental": adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, conjugal, covering, custodial, defensive, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fatherlike, fatherly, filial, fond, fostering, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, guardian, guarding, husbandly, immunizing, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, mother, motherlike, motherly, parent, paternal, patriarchal, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, romantic, safeguarding, screening, sentimental, sheltering, shielding, soft, tender, tutelary, uxorious, vigilant, watchful, wifely
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