Associations to the word «Filiation»

Wiktionary

FILIATION, noun. (uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
FILIATION, noun. (countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
FILIATION, noun. (countable) (legal) The determination of paternity.
FILIATION, noun. (countable) (legal) One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.

Dictionary definition

FILIATION, noun. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
FILIATION, noun. Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats