fornication

noun

extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other

Roots

fornixfornic- · Latin · arch, brothel

Synonyms for fornication

adulteryn concubinagen copulationn coitionn incestn

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