senility

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Noun

senility

1. (mostly, uncountable) Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
2. (mostly, uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.

   He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.

3. (countable, archaic) An elderly, senile person.

Antonyms

• juvenility

Related terms

• senile

Translations

• French: sénilité
• German: Senilität
• Portuguese: senilidade
• Russian: ста́рость
• Spanish: senilidad

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