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child

noun
  1. A young person between birth and puberty: bud 1, innocent, juvenile, moppet, tot 1, youngster. Informal: kid. Scots: bairn. See kin, youth
  2. One who is not yet legally of age: juvenile. Law: infant, minor. See law, youth
  3. A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, ingénue, innocent, naive. Idiom: babe in the woods. See knowledge
  4. One descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: descendant, offspring, progeny, scion. See kin

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