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adolescence definition

ado·les·cence (ad′ə les′əns)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being adolescent
  2. the time of life between puberty and maturity; youth

Etymology: ME & OFr < L adolescentia < adolescens: see adolescent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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