parenthood
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əntˌhʊd, ˈpær- noun
the state, position, or relation of a parent.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a father or mother |
| 2. | a person acting as a father or mother; guardian |
| 3. | rare an ancestor |
| 4. | a source or cause |
| 5. | a. an organism or organization that has produced one or more organisms or organizations similar to itself |
| b. (as modifier): a parent organism | |
| 6. | physics, chem |
| a. a precursor, such as a nucleus or compound, of a derived entity | |
| b. (as modifier): a parent nucleus; a parent ion | |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin parens parent, from parere to bring forth] | |
| 'parenthood | |
| —n | |
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Although she isn't a mom yet, she hasn't ruled out parenthood.
And it goes that people who cannot afford contraception are not likely to be able to afford parenthood either.
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