maturity
Meanings
Plural: maturities
Noun
- the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
- state of being mature; full development
- the date on which an obligation must be repaid
- The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.
- When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.
- The state of a debt obligation at the end of the term of maturation thereof, once all interest and any applicable fees have accrued to the principal.
- Date when payment is due.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English maturitee, maturyte, from Old French maturité, from Latin mātūritātem. By surface analysis, mature + -ity.
Synonyms
adulthood, due date, matureness, maturity date, ripeness
Antonyms
immaturity, naïveté
Scrabble Score: 13
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