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Fornication

//ˌfɔɹnɪˈkeɪʃən// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way. countable, uncountable

    "FRIAR BARNARDINE. Thou hast committed— BARABAS. Fornication: but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead."

  2. 2
    extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations wordnet
  3. 3
    Sexual intercourse in general; sex. colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "For a moment he stared at the back of the Lascar, wondering if he were the youth that he had disturbed during fornication with his Engineer, then dismissed all thoughts of the previous night, he was getting old, and suspicious, what did it matter […]"

  4. 4
    voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English fornicacioun, from Old French fornicacion, from Latin fornicātiō, from fornix (“brothel”).

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