Synonyms of MATURATION

noun

1. coming to full development; becoming mature

   • RIPENING11

   Not playable in Scrabble US: MATUREMENT.

2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

   • GROWTH13
   • GROWING12
   • DEVELOPMENT19
   • ONTOGENY12
   • ONTOGENESIS12

3. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

   • FESTERING13
   • SUPPURATION15