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Definitions of parental
  1. adjective
    relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
    "parental guidance"

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  2. adjective
    designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
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Definition that contains parental
  • foster providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
  • surrogate providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
  • filial designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
  • age of consent the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union
  • introject (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized
  • anaclisis (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure
  • parentally in a parental manner
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