Hypertext Webster Gateway: "filial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Bearing the relation of a child.
And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
filial
adj 1: (genetics) 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: {parental}]
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