Definitions for paternity

paternity pa·ter·ni·ty

Spelling: [puh-tur-ni-tee]
IPA: /pəˈtɜr nɪ ti/

Paternity is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 479 anagrams from letters in paternity (aeinprtty).

Definitions for paternity

noun

  1. the state of being a father; fatherhood.
  2. derivation or acquirement from a father.
  3. origin or authorship.

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to a legal dispute in which an unwed mother accuses a man of being the father of her child:

Origin of paternity

1400-50; late Middle English paternite Late Latin paternitās. See paternal, -ity

Examples for paternity

She refused to take a paternity test, and was eventually convicted of extortion and sentenced to 22 months in prison.

Hence they are of one paternity, though not of one maternity.

In 2010, the ‘Good Wife’ star received some shocking news about his paternity.

A man can no more create a paternity than he can make a new planet.

I won my paternity right, when I was but twenty-eight, just about your age.

Some seventy-plus countries currently offer some paternity leave or parental leave days reserved for the father.

One got paternity last year already, and he is not as good a man as I am.

This recognized family rights when paternity is established, whether a child was born in or out of wedlock.

Certainly paid paternity leave is part of it (and in the U.S., we need paid maternity and paternity leave).

Though all the world forget, your paternity should remember me.

Word Value for paternity
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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