Dictionary (n.) The qualities of a father; parental kindness, care, etc.Thesaurus affiliation agnation alliance ancestry blood blood relationship brotherhood brothership cognation common ancestry common descent connection consanguinity cousinhood cousinship enation fatherliness filiation fraternity kindred kinship maternity matrilineage matriliny matrisib matrocliny motherhood paternalness paternity patrilineage patriliny patrisib patrocliny propinquity relation relationship sibship sisterhood sistership ties of blood |