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daughtering

daughtering noun: the action of behaving dutifully as a daughter; the action of a female child in caring for or otherwise relating to her parents.

Noun

daughtering (uncountable)

  1. The action of behaving dutifully as a daughter; the action of a female child in caring for or otherwise relating to her parents.
    • She has spent her days and nights putting her mothering and daughtering hands to healing her own children and her own parents at home.2002, Paula Lawrence Wehmiller, A Gathering of Gifts, page 22
    • But Unwyrm needed one task performed. The daughtering of Peace.2003, Orson Scott Card, Wyrms, page 261

Origin of daughtering

From daughter + -ing.

Phrases with daughtering

Questions about daughtering

What does daughtering mean?
Daughtering means the action of behaving dutifully as a daughter; the action of a female child in caring for or otherwise relating to her parents.
What part of speech is daughtering?
Daughtering is a noun.

Words near daughtering in the dictionary

  1. daughtered
  2. daughtered out
  3. daughterfucker
  4. daughterfuckers
  5. daughterhood
  6. daughtering
  7. daughtering out
  8. daughterkin
  9. daughterkins
  10. daughterlang
  11. daughterless

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