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FORNICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fornication mean?
• FORNICATION (noun)
The noun FORNICATION has 2 senses:
1. voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
2. extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
Familiarity information: FORNICATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fornication" is a kind of...):
extramarital sex; free love (sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another)
Derivation:
fornicate (have sex without being married)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
adultery; criminal conversation; fornication
Context example:
adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce
Hypernyms ("fornication" is a kind of...):
extramarital sex; free love (sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another)
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