fornication
fornications
Fornication is a word for sex, especially sex that takes place outside of marriage. In some religions, fornication is considered a sin.
This is not the kind of word friends use when sitting around talking about sex. This is an old-fashioned word that you can definitely spot in the Bible and other holy books, because it refers to sex that is considered wrong because it is not between a man and a wife. So in the original sense, fornication is a synonym for adultery. But people also humorously use fornication to mean any kind of sex at all.
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voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
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type of:
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extramarital sex, free love
sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another
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extramarital sex, free love
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extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
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synonyms:
adultery, criminal conversation
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type of:
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extramarital sex, free love
sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another
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extramarital sex, free love
Vocabulary lists containing fornication
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