Usually means: Absence of maternal presence, support.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word motherlessness:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. motherlessness: Merriam-Webster
  2. motherlessness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. motherlessness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. motherlessness: Wiktionary
  5. motherlessness: Dictionary.com
  6. motherlessness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. motherlessness: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See mother as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (motherlessness)

noun:  The state or condition of being motherless (not having a (living) mother).

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