paternal
adjectives
belonging to or inherited from one's father
"spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits"
pertains to
characteristic of a father
see also
characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
is an attribute of
the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father
"the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears"
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
"parental guidance"
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