the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, extending mainly over the teen years and terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.

the process or state of growing to maturity.

a period or stage of development, as of a society, preceding maturity.

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adulthood , infancy

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boyhood , girlhood , greenness , juvenility , minority , pubescence , spring , teens , youth , youthfulnessnotes:adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood; puberty is the time of sexual development , juvenescence , puberty , salad days , youthfulness , juniority , nonage