childhood

childhood is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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