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Noun: childhood  'chI(-u)ld,hûd
  1. The time of a person's life when they are a child
    "His childhood was filled with happy memories"
     
  2. The state of a child between infancy and adolescence
    "Her childhood was filled with happy memories";
    - puerility

Derived forms: childhoods

Type of: immatureness, immaturity, time of life

Encyclopedia: Childhood