childlessness

noun pl. children

1. an infant; baby
2. an unborn offspring; fetus
3. a boy or girl in the period before puberty
4. a son or daughter; offspring
5. 1. a descendant
   2. a member of a tribe, clan, etc.: often used in pl.: children of Israel
6. a person like a child in interests, judgment, etc., or one regarded as immature and childish
7. a person identified with a specified place, time, etc.: a child of the Renaissance
8. a thing that springs from a specified source; product: a child of one's imagination
9. Archaic childe
10. Brit., Dialectal a female infant