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   Ad·o·les·cence

   /ˌadlˈes(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult: "Mary spent her childhood and adolescence in Europe"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, from Latin adolescentia, from adolescere ‘grow to maturity’ (see adolescent).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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