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adolescence |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adolescence \Ad`o*les"cence\, n. [Fr., fr L. adolescentia.] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adolescence n 1: the time of life between puberty and adulthood 2: in the state between puberty and adulthood
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