filial

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Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was his father, was now consoling to him ;.

Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one

This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript,.

Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents

If the admonition does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial;.

{a} belonging to, like or becoming, a fon
You can use filial to describe the duties, feelings, or relationships which exist between a son or daughter and his or her parents. His father would accuse him of neglecting his filial duties. relating to the relationship of a son or daughter to their parents (filialis, from filius )
relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"
Bearing the relation of a child
Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience
relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect" designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
{s} of a son or daughter; of the relationship between a parent and a child; of or pertaining to generations (Genetics)
Designating the generation or generations following a parental generation
filial life
Life under one's parents' roof as opposed to autonomy, especially as an adult
filial lives
plural form of filial life
filial piety
Respect owed to one's parents and ancestors
filial duty
duty of a child to its parents
filial piety
devotion and honor to parents and ancestors (especially as the ultimate virtue in Confucianism)
filially
In a filial manner
filially
as a son; as a daughter
filial
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