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

Besides paternity and maternity leave, the company helps pay off student loans, provides support for aging parents, reimburses IVF and surrogacy expenses, and offers support programs for neurodiverse employees and parents of neurodiverse children. — Tamlin Magee, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Piacenti, a Bank of America executive and Fordham Law graduate, had returned to work just days earlier after spending five months on maternity leave caring for her newborn daughter. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Three other defenders — Abby Dahlkemper, Caprice Dydasco and Emily Menges — were all out on maternity leave at the start of the year. — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Erin Piacenti, 32, had just finished her first day back at work following her maternity leave when Pamela Cisneros, 49, walked up to the new mother and fatally stabbed her in the abdomen. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for maternity leave

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