Definition of filiation Filiation
fil•i•a•tion
We found 8 definitions of filiation from 4 different sources.
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What does filiation mean?
WordNet
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| filiation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | ||
| ancestry, lineage, derivation | ||
| hereditary pattern, inheritance hereditary succession to a title or an office or property | ||
| extraction, descent, origin the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" | ||
| filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | ||
| descent, line of descent, lineage | ||
| family relationship, kinship, relationship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | ||
| bilateral descent line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- filiation (n.)
The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father. - filiation (n.)
The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation.
Part of speech
🔤- filiation, noun, singular of filiations.
