maturity, state of being fully grown or developed
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Ripeness Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.
ripeness
\ripe"ness\ (?), n. [as. rīpness.] the state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment. time, which made them their fame outlive, to cowley scarce did ripeness give.
ripeness
n : the state of being ripe [ant: greenness]
Noun
1. the state of being ripe
(antonym) greenness
(hypernym) maturity, matureness
Ripeness Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In United States law, ripeness refers to the readiness of a case for litigation; "a claim is not ripe for adjudication if it rests upon contingent future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all." For example, if a law of ambiguous quality has been enacted but never applied, a case challenging that law lacks the ripeness necessary for a decision.
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