Prostitution

What do we mean by prostitution?

The practice of engaging in sex acts in exchange for money. noun

The criminal offense of engaging in or offering to engage in sex in exchange for money. noun

The practice of offering oneself or using one's talents for an unworthy purpose, especially for personal gain. noun

The act or practice of prostituting, or offering the body to indiscriminate sexual intercourse for hire. noun

The act of offering or devoting to a base or infamous use: as, the prostitution of talents or abilities. noun

The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman. noun

The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power noun

Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods. noun

Debasement for unworthy profit or motives. noun

Offering sexual intercourse for pay noun

Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.

(by extension) Debasement for profit or impure motives.

Words that are spelled similarly to prostitution:
prostitution, restitution, prostitutor, prostituting.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word prostitution:
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Words that rhyme with prostitution:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe prostitution:
male, female, sacred, public, religious, legal, juvenile, clandestine, commercial, regulated, professional, open, cultic, teenage, adolescent, chinese, child, widespread, military, occasional, illegal, casual, heterosexual, voluntary, compulsory, intellectual, secret, street, time, universal, sexual, urban, level, adult, class, shameless, actual, controlled, literary, mental, involuntary, spiritual, shameful, rampant, institutionalized, contemporary, contented, licensed, japanese, vile, victorian, anti, century, outright, scale, illicit, habitual, teen, called, scandalous, sacral, unlicensed, downright, wholesale, visible, secular, unregulated.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective prostitution:
laws, law, campaign, campaigns, movement, lobby, activists, rules, legislation, measures, racket, area, prostitutes, advocates, efforts, forces, feminists, stance, bill, crusade, ring, your, campaigners, tourism, patronage, drive.

Words that sound like prostitution:
prostitution, prostituting, prostituta, prostration, restitution, prostitute, prosecution, prostitutes, prostituted, prestation.