maternity leave

noun

: time off from a job given a mother to take care of a newborn child

The company granted her maternity leave.

Examples of maternity leave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jenn and Melinda made their own trip this year to Louisiana, using up the last days of Jenn’s maternity leave. —Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2025

Rewriting the Narrative Georgia Fort, a three-time Emmy-winning journalist, left mainstream media after encountering microaggressions and being denied maternity leave. —Sheree R. Curry, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025

Ricci works on temporary contracts, which do not afford her job security, but have become an increasingly common way for companies to avoid paying generous benefits, especially mandatory maternity leave. —Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025

Star forward Sophia Wilson (formerly Smith) missed the year on maternity leave, while Morgan Weaver, Marie Muller, and Nicole Payne were sidelined before kickoff with long-term injuries. —Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for maternity leave

• achieve
• believe
• conceive
• deceive
• naive
• perceive
• receive
• relieve
• reprieve
• retrieve
• breve
• cleave