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

Japanese women are legally entitled to claim around 14 weeks of maternity leave and are typically paid about two-thirds of their wages and a birth bonus, though some government workers receive better terms. — Reuters, NBC news, 20 July 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the media’s apprehension about airing the president’s speech during her first press briefing back from maternity leave on Thursday. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026

Menlo Park social media giant Meta is accused in a lawsuit filed this week of using artificial intelligence to target employees for layoffs who had taken medical, disability or maternity leave. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

El Moussa, who shares 3-year-old son Tristan with husband Tarek El Moussa, left Selling Sunset after season 7 to go on maternity leave, after which she was allegedly not called back to the show. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

Rhymes for maternity leave

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