paternal quality


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Noun1.paternal quality - the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father; "the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears"
fatherliness
parental quality - a quality appropriate to a parent
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Zwick adds that Washington brings a paternal quality to his roles (the actor has four children).
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