maternal quality

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maternal quality - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  maternal quality
      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]