Noun

• S: (n) motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality, maternity (the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother) "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
• attribute
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) maternalism (motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children)