adulthood

---

Noun

adulthood (uncountable)

1. The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for one's own actions and well-being.

   The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

Antonyms

• childhood

Translations

• French: âge adulte, majorité
• German: Erwachsenenalter
• Portuguese: adultez
• Russian: зре́лость
• Spanish: edad adulta, adultez

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004