Adjective
Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.
Bearing the relation of a child.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written. Thomas Jefferson
I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection. Frédéric Chopin
I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience. Jane Austen
This insistence on "having his say upon the universe" is the profoundest motive of William James thinking as well as of his filial gratitude. Ralph Barton Perry
Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Three things demonstrate a lack of filial piety. Confucian Proverb