twelve-step

Variant of 12-step

12-step definition

12-step or twelve-step (twelv′step′)

adjective

☆ designating or having to do with any of various programs that provide systematic support and guidance to individuals seeking to control an addiction, compulsion, etc.

Etymology: after the Twelve Steps, twelve guiding concepts forming part of the Alcoholics Anonymous program

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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