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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King