maturity

State of adulthood

Maturity is the state of being fully developed or grown.

Fruit reaches maturity when ripe; animals at maturity can reproduce.

In people, maturity suggests adult judgment and emotional stability: He handled the criticism with maturity.

Financial maturity is the date when a bond or loan becomes due for payment: The bond reaches maturity in ten years.

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payment

Fulfilling a financial obligation

  • mortgageSecured home loan
  • loanBorrowed money repaid later
  • bondBinding tie or connection

amortization · lump-sum · principal · refinancing · interest · reset · term · lending · financing · installment

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Opposites
developmental stage

maturityimmaturity

Undeveloped condition

infancy · childhood · youth · babyhood · toddlerhood

psychological/emotional development

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Undeveloped condition

childishness · puerility · immatureness · irresponsibility · naïveté

ripeness/readiness

maturityunripeness

State of incomplete maturation

greenness · immaturity · prematurity · rawness · underdevelopment

Phrases
Family

maturing, immaturity, maturities, maturity date

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