Youth–offender
a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.
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- Youthening
to make youthful; to restore youth to (someone or something). to become youthful.
- Youthfulness
characterized by youth; young. of, relating to, or befitting youth: youthful enthusiasm. having the appearance, freshness, vigor, etc., of youth: she is 60 but her optimism has kept her youthful. in an early period of existence; early in time. physical geography. (of topographical features) having undergone erosion to a slight extent only. contemporary examples newt […]
- Youthless
the condition of being young. the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young. the time of being young; early life: his youth was spent on the farm. the period of life from p-b-rty to the attainment of full growth; adolescence. the first or early period of anything: the business, even in […]