PATERNAL QUALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father

Example:

the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears

Synonyms:

fatherliness; paternal quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("paternal quality" is a kind of...):

parental quality (a quality appropriate to a parent)

Attribute:

paternal (characteristic of a father)