Associations to the word «Adolescence»

Wiktionary

ADOLESCENCE, noun. The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Dictionary definition

ADOLESCENCE, noun. The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood.
ADOLESCENCE, noun. In the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats