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The definition of adolescence is the period of time between puberty and adulthood.
(noun)High schoolers are examples of people going through adolescence.
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See adolescence in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the state or quality of being adolescent
- the time of life between puberty and maturity; youth
Origin: ME & OFr < L adolescentia < adolescens: see adolescent
See adolescence in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity.
- A transitional period of development between youth and maturity: the adolescence of a nation.
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