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Definition of parental adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

parental

adjective

/pəˈrentl/

/pəˈrentl/

[usually before noun]

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connected with a parent or parents
- parental responsibility/rights
- parental choice in education
- the parental home
Topics Life stagesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Parental is used with these nouns:
approval
attitude
authority
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