maternity leave
English
Noun
maternity leave (countable and uncountable, plural maternity leaves)
- A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
- Hypernym: parental leave
- Coordinate term: paternity leave
- My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby.
- 2023 July 26, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: Rebuild trust or it's game over”, in RAIL, number 988, page 3:
- I went on maternity leave in May 2022, so have been away for nearly 14 months.
Derived terms
Translations
leave of absence
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