- adolescence
- The age between the beginning of the age of puberty and the beginning of lawful age.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
adolescence
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adolescence — [ adɔlesɑ̃s ] n. f. • fin XIIIe; lat. adolescentia, de adolescens → adolescent ♦ Âge qui succède à l enfance et précède l âge adulte (environ de 12 à 18 ans chez les filles, 14 à 20 ans chez les garçons), immédiatement après la puberté. « la plus … Encyclopédie Universelle
Adolescence — (lat adolescere = (to) grow) is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves biological (i.e. pubertal), social, and psychological changes, though the… … Wikipedia
adolescence — Adolescence, La premiere adolescence, Ephebia, Adolescentia. Au commencement de l adolescence, Ineunte adolescentia. Une adolescence de quoy on a grande esperance, Adolescentia plena spei maximae. Sortir hors d adolescence, Excedere ex ephebis … Thresor de la langue françoyse
adolescence — ADOLESCENCE. sub. f. L âge qui suit la puberté jusqu à l âge viril, c est à dire, depuis quatorze ans jusqu à vingt cinq. Il ne se dit guère que des garçons. Au commencement de l adolescence. Il est encore dansl adolescence … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
adolescence — (n.) age following childhood (especially the period from the 15th to the 21st year), early 15c., from M.Fr. adolescence (14c.), from L. adolescentia youth, noun of state from adolescentem (see ADOLESCENT (Cf. adolescent)) … Etymology dictionary
adolescence — ADOLESCENCE. s. f. L âge qui est entre la puberté & la majorité, c est à dire, depuis quatorze ans jusqu à vingt cinq. Dans son adolescence. Il ne se dit que des garçons … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Adolescence — Ad o*les cence, n. [Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty one.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adolescence — I noun adulescentia, immaturity, juniority, juvenility, minority, nonage, puberty, pubescence, puerility, youth II index nonage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adolescence — *youth, puberty, pubescence Antonyms: senescence … New Dictionary of Synonyms
adolescence — [n] state of puberty, preadulthood boyhood, girlhood, greenness, juvenility, minority, pubescence, spring, teens, youth, youthfulness; concept 817 Ant. adulthood, infancy … New thesaurus
adolescence — [ad΄ə les′əns] n. [ME & OFr < L adolescentia < adolescens: see ADOLESCENT] 1. the state or quality of being adolescent 2. the time of life between puberty and maturity; youth … English World dictionary
