unfilial
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Why, God bless my soul, do you call ingratitude—the basest, most unfilial, most treacherous ingratitude—no vice, sir?
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by F. Anstey
Seeing his wretched state, Periander took pity on him and bade him come home and no longer indulge in such foolish and unfilial behavior.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
Punishment of unfilial conduct The Sumerian laws are very severe upon a child's repudiation of a father.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Madame made up her mind to upbraid Gabrielle severely for her inhuman and unfilial conduct.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
A father could disinherit a son in early times without restriction, but the Code insisted upon judicial consent and that only for repeated unfilial conduct.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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