unfilial

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Once across the border Elizabeth would have no power over her, and her son, unfilial though he hath shown himself, could not for very shame refuse her safe asylum.

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer

The King had been mad and blind and deaf for ten years, and the Queen, years before, had complained of the Prince's conduct as unfilial, if not inhuman.

From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Bradlaugh, Charles

It is indeed difficult, given the circumstances, to blame Frederick's unfilial conduct in this matter.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

Constantine was neither precocious nor unfilial, but in his twenty-second year he rebelled against his mother's dictation, and took his place at the helm of the state.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

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 Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)