matronhood
Respectable womanly status
The state or condition of being a matron—a married woman of mature years, especially one with an established household or dignified social standing.
Matronhood suggests settled domesticity and the responsibilities that come with managing a home and family: She embraced matronhood after years of career focus.
State of being a female parent
- childrearingRaising and nurturing offspring
- caregivingAttending to dependents
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
guidance · mentorship · protection · homemaking · nesting · provision · upbringing · sheltering
Innate personal worth
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
status · standing · honour · modesty · uprightness · integrity · decency · morality
Adult female state
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- dignityInnate personal worth
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
refinement · ladylike · gentility · composure · bearing · demeanor · propriety · stateliness
Domestic unit of residents
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
discipline · direction · domestic · stewardship · command · housekeeper · servants · staff
Good judgment from experience
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- agingGrowing older over time
- elderlinessState of being aged
- seniorityRank from length of service
seasoning · midlife · menopause · grandmotherhood · greying · life-stage · transition · veteran
motherhood
State of being a female parent
- childrearingRaising and nurturing offspring
- caregivingAttending to dependents
- guardianshipLegal care of another
fostering · guidance · mentorship · protection · homemaking · nesting · provision · upbringing · sheltering · tending
dignity
Innate personal worth
reputation · status · standing · honour · modesty · uprightness · integrity · decency · morality · chastity
womanhood
Adult female state
poise · refinement · ladylike · gentility · composure · bearing · demeanor · propriety · stateliness · presence
household
Domestic unit of residents
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
oversight · discipline · direction · domestic · stewardship · command · housekeeper · servants · staff · delegation
wisdom
Good judgment from experience
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- agingGrowing older over time
- elderlinessState of being aged
seniority · seasoning · midlife · menopause · grandmotherhood · greying · life-stage · transition · veteran
matronhoodgirlhood
Female youth period
maidenhood · childhood · girlishness · youth · adolescence
maternal, matriarch, matrimony, matron, matronly, matriarchy, matriarchal, matrons, matriarchies