Thesaurus: childhood

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1. n. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
2. n. Children, taken collectively.
3. n. The commencement; the first period.
4. n. the time of person's life when they are a child
5. n. the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
6. 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2. 2. Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott. 3. The commencement; the first period. The childhood of our joy. Shak. Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age.
7. n:100 n. the time of person's life when they are a child n. the state of a child between infancy and adolescence