Daughtering

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of behaving dutifully as a daughter; the action of a female child in caring for or otherwise relating to her parents. uncountable

    "She has spent her days and nights putting her mothering and daughtering hands to healing her own children and her own parents at home."

Example

More examples

"She has spent her days and nights putting her mothering and daughtering hands to healing her own children and her own parents at home."

Etymology

From daughter + -ing.

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