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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation;

2. relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring;
- Example: "filial respect"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Filial \Fil"ial\, a. [L. filialis, fr. filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. female, feminine. Cf. Fitz.] 1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience. [1913 Webster] 2. Bearing the relation of a child. [1913 Webster] And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

filial adj 1: designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation [ant: parental] 2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect" [ant: maternal, parental, paternal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "filial": adoring, affectionate, conjugal, daughterlike, daughterly, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fond, husbandly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, sonlike, sonly, tender, uxorious, wifely