noun ·Moderate ·High school level

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Noun

1. 1
   The condition of being a child of a specified parent. uncountable
2. 2
   inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline wordnet
3. 3
   The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline. countable
4. 4
   the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors wordnet
5. 5
   The determination of paternity. countable

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6. 6
   One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot. countable

   "The filiations are from a common stock."

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ancestrydescentaccordadditionadjunctaffairs

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"The filiations are from a common stock."

Etymology

First attested in c. 1520. From French filiation

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