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The Meaning of prostitution

  • (n.) The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
  • (n.) The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press.

Synonyms

whoredom , harlotry

Rhymes

absolution , aleutian , andalusian , attribution , confucian , constitution , contribution , convolution , counterrevolution , crucian , destitution , devolution , dilution , diminution , dissolution , distribution , electrocution , elocution , evolution , execution , institution , lilliputian , lucian , persecution , pollution , prosecution , redistribution , resolution , restitution , retribution , revolution , shooshan , solution , substitution