filial

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
filial
    adj 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: {maternal}, {parental}, {paternal}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Filial \Fil"ial\, a. [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.
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   2. Bearing the relation of a child.
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            And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke.
                                                  --Milton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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