Paternity

Definitions

1. Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
   countable, uncountable
2. Parental descent from a father.
   countable, uncountable
3. Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
   countable, uncountable
4. Authorship.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.”

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