noun (n)

• the state of being a father(noun.state)

  Example:
  Tests were conducted to determine paternity.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the kinship relation between an offspring and the father(noun.linkdef)

  Synonym:
  fatherhood
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  authorship
  

  source: wordnet30
• The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.(noun)

  source: webster1913