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Noun: motherliness  mú-dhu(r)-lee-nus
  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";
    - maternalism, maternal quality, maternity

See also: maternal

Type of: parental quality