The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fatherlessness
Fatherlessness \Fa"ther*less*ness\, n. The state of being without a father.
Wiktionary
fatherlessness
n. The state or quality of being fatherless.
Usage examples of "fatherlessness".
The smell went along with her fatherlessness, and with growing up poor.
The harm of bitter break-ups and fatherlessness affects the children of divorce seriously for decades.