adulthood
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adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods)
- The state or condition of a human being once it has reached physical maturity, and is presumed to have reached a state of psychological maturity, to wit: once it has become an adult.
- Son, now that you have reached adulthood, you are in the time of your life during which you are expected to take responsibility for your actions and for your well-being.
- The time period of a human being's majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical maturity, and ending with its death.
- The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.
- The things learned in childhood will effect a person throughout its adulthood.
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time of life
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