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| abstinence |
the denial of satisfaction of one's appetites, esp. the appetite for certain foods, drugs, or sexual activity. [1/2 definitions] |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
a serious viral disease of the body's immune system, transferred through blood, sexual contact, contaminated hypodermic needles, or the like; AIDS. |
| adultery |
willing sexual intercourse between a married person and another who is not his or her spouse. |
| advance |
(sometimes pl.) an approach or proposition, often sexual. [1/14 definitions] |
| age of consent |
the age at which a person, usu. female, is legally considered to be competent to consent to sexual relations, used as a standard in determining whether statutory rape has occurred. |
| AIDS |
acronym of "acquired immune deficiency syndrome," a serious viral disease of the body's immune system, transferred through blood, sexual contact, contaminated hypodermic needles, or the like. |
| amorous |
generally inclined to feeling romantic love, or inclined at a particular time to engage in romantic or sexual activity. [1/2 definitions] |
| antisexual |
combined form of sexual. |
| artificial insemination |
the use of means other than sexual intercourse to impregnate a female. |
| asexual |
produced without sexual processes. [1/2 definitions] |
| bisexual |
of an individual, having both male and female sexual organs; hermaphroditic. [2/5 definitions] |
| carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, esp. sexual appetites and activities. [1/2 definitions] |
| castrate |
to remove the sexual organs of, esp. the testicles; geld. [1/2 definitions] |
| celibacy |
abstention from sexual intercourse. [1/2 definitions] |
| celibate |
one who abstains from sexual relations. [2/4 definitions] |
| chastity |
the practice or condition of sexual abstinence or virginity; celibacy. [1/2 definitions] |
| come out |
to reveal one's sexual orientation or gender identity. [1/8 definitions] |
| concupiscence |
a strong desire or longing, esp. sexual; lust. |
| condom |
a thin, usu. rubber sheath made to cover the penis during sexual intercourse in order to prevent conception or the spread of venereal diseases. |
| congress |
sexual intercourse. [1/7 definitions] |
| conjugation |
in biology, the process of sexual reproduction in protozoans. [1/4 definitions] |
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