paternal quality

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noun

the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father
- the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears
• Syn:
fatherliness
• Derivationally related forms:
fatherly (for: fatherliness)
• Hypernyms:
parental quality
• Attrubites:
paternal