motherliness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

motherliness
    n 1: the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth
         and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's
         motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the
         children" [syn: {motherliness}, {maternalism}, {maternal
         quality}, {maternity}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Motherliness \Moth"er*li*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being motherly.
   [1913 Webster]