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maturity
noun
[ məˈtʃʊərəti ]
• the state, fact, or period of being mature.
• "the progress of an ingénue from childhood to maturity"
Similar:
adulthood
,
full growth
,
majority
, coming-of-age, matureness, manhood/womanhood,
puberty
,
pubescence
,
Opposite:
childhood
,
youth
,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin maturitas, from maturus (see mature).