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PROSTITUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prostitution mean?
• PROSTITUTION (noun)
The noun PROSTITUTION has 1 sense:
1. offering sexual intercourse for pay
Familiarity information: PROSTITUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offering sexual intercourse for pay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
harlotry; prostitution; whoredom
Hypernyms ("prostitution" is a kind of...):
vice crime (a vice that is illegal)
Derivation:
prostitute (sell one's body; exchange sex for money)
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