Age
Age noun - The state of being an old person.
Usage example: at 88, she gets frustrated by the feebleness that is inevitable with age
Minority
Minority noun - The transitional period between childhood and adulthood.
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- In addition, it didn't age well; its constant pokes at minority groups were controversial enough even at the time, and are now seen as outright cringeworthy.
- Wisdom and sensitivity are inevitably possessed by any race, class, age group or ethnic or religious minority that has been misunderstood.
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His father, Henry II, died in a jousting accident, and Francis himself became King in his minority, at age 15, in 1559.
Source: A Child Shall Lead Them
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