fil·i·al (f l  - l, fl-)adj. 1. Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial respect. 2. Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent. 3. Genetics Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin f  li lis, from Latin flius, son; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots.]fil i·al·ly adv. |
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