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adulthood

 
part of speech: noun
definition: Adulthood is the part of a person's life that starts when they are grown up and not children anymore. The first years of a person's life are called "childhood," and the rest are called "adulthood."
When Mr. Hart's son reached adulthood, he moved to an apartment of his own.Some diseases most often occur in childhood, but some occur more often in adulthood.