filial

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

   • The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was his father, was now consoling to him [D'Alonville]; […]
2. 2

   Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.

   • If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial; […]
3. 3

   Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.

The neighborhood

• neighborfiliation