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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
filial
    adj 1: 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: maternal, parental, paternal]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Bearing the relation of a child.
      [1913 Webster]

            And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke.
                                                  --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Filial:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
adoring, affectionate, conjugal, daughterlike, daughterly, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fond, husbandly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, sonlike, sonly, tender, uxorious, wifely
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