When one would be filial, one's parents are gone.
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Filial
/ˈfi.li.əl/
Synonyms for "filial" (30 found)
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2 entriesfamily relationrelational adjective
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4 entriesfilial affectionfilial dutyfilial obediencefilial piety
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5 entriesfilial affectionfilial dutyfilial obediencefilial obligationfilial piety
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2 entriesmore filialmost filial
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11 total sentences available.
To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety.
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These five principles were loyalty, filial duty, trustworthiness, valor, and justice.
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"To thee, yea, thee, fierce miscreant", he cried, / may Heaven, if Heaven with righteous eyes behold / so foul an outrage and a deed so bold, / ne'er fail a fitting guerdon to ordain, / nor worthy quittance for thy crime withhold, / whose hand hath made me see my darling slain, / and dared with filial blood a father's eyes profane."
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