fornication

Noun

Meaning

Adultery.

Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.

Incest.

Idolatry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

adultery immorality carnal knowledge lewdness sexual intercourse criminal conversation sleeping around congress commerce sex mating coupling intercourse prostitution liaison
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Antonyms

fidelity accuracy honor loyalty reliability integrity
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Hypernyms

extramarital sex

Related terms

fornicate

Examples

Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not evil, but vainglory is. Indeed, there is no evil in existing things, but only in their misuse. Maximus the Confessor

The liberal paradigm of regulation and license has led to a society where an 18-year-old girl has the right to public fornication in a pornographic movie -- but only if she is paid the minimum wage. Irving Kristol

The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences. Alan Moore

Quite absurd, because Caleb has absolutely no taste for fornication. He never has had. So lucky, being a clergyman. Agatha Christie

Every sin which a man does is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body. Paul

Fornication with your daughters thats like a double dog sin. Christopher Moore (author)

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