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单词 fornication
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Definition of fornication in English:

fornication

noun ˌfɔːnɪˈkeɪʃnˌfɔrnəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounhumorous, formal
  • Sexual intercourse between people not married to each other.

    laws forbidding adultery and fornication
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The majority of people in society may come to regard fornication, adultery and casual sexual relationships with intolerance, indignation and disgust.
    • So widespread is the understanding that, when a priest or bishop's adultery or fornication comes to light, clergy and laity are equally scandalized.
    • Their talk is adultery and fornication, dishonesty, greed and deceit, and easy money.
    • She would have opened the door to the house around six thirty, which would have coincided with the sins of adultery and fornication being committed on the couch at Mr. Armstrong's house.
    • And the consequences of fornication or adultery are not only restricted to the parties involved in these immoral acts.
    Synonyms
    extramarital sex, extramarital relations, adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, cuckoldry
    affair, liaison, sexual intercourse, sex, intercourse, sexual relations, coupling
    informal hanky-panky, a bit on the side, bonking, rumpy pumpy, a bit of the other, how's your father
    South African informal pata-pata
    archaic carnal knowledge, congress, commerce
 
 

Definition of fornication in US English:

fornication

nounˌfɔrnəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌfôrnəˈkāSH(ə)n
formal, humorous
  • Sexual intercourse between people not married to each other.

    laws forbidding adultery and fornication
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their talk is adultery and fornication, dishonesty, greed and deceit, and easy money.
    • She would have opened the door to the house around six thirty, which would have coincided with the sins of adultery and fornication being committed on the couch at Mr. Armstrong's house.
    • And the consequences of fornication or adultery are not only restricted to the parties involved in these immoral acts.
    • So widespread is the understanding that, when a priest or bishop's adultery or fornication comes to light, clergy and laity are equally scandalized.
    • The majority of people in society may come to regard fornication, adultery and casual sexual relationships with intolerance, indignation and disgust.
    Synonyms
    extramarital sex, extramarital relations, adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, cuckoldry
 
 
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