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The quality of being motherly.
The quality or condition of being maternal, or a mother; motherliness.
The qualities or conduct characteristic of a mother; motherliness. Now rare.
The attitudes and instincts characteristic of a mother; the natural behaviour of a mother towards her child. Also in extended use.