Girlhood: alternatives and connections

The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

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A young person of either sex; a child.

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A young person of either sex; a child.

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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.

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Maidenhood.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.