Synonyms for coition

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koh-ish-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈɪʃ ən

Top 10 synonyms for coition

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Définition of coition

Origin : 1540s, "going together, coming together," from Late Latin coitionem (nominative coitio), noun of action from coitus, past participle of coire "to go together, come together" (see coitus). Meaning "sexual copulation" is attested in English from 1610s.

As in intercourse : noun sexual act
As in lovemaking : noun sexual activity
As in sex : noun intercourse between animate beings
As in copulation : noun coitus
As in carnal knowledge : noun sexual intercourse
As in fornication : noun sexual intercourse

Example sentences :

That is to say, the act of coition is the essential clue to sex.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

All the animals in Paradise enjoyed the sensual passion of coition.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

This leaves only coition and revolution as the basic motions.
Extract from : « The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors » by W. James King

Instead of an agent and a patient in coition, one has "conactus."
Extract from : « The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors » by W. James King

Enoch was conveyed, who was begotten by coition, and who begot by coition.
Extract from : « The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church » by lfric

Of all bad things in all the world, such manner of coition is the worst!
Extract from : « Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living » by H.W. Long

There are others who may know there is some difference, but into whose minds the thought of coition has never once entered.
Extract from : « What a Young Husband Ought to Know » by Sylvanus Stall

What really took place was a miscarriage, in my opinion, superinduced by coition.
Extract from : « What a Young Husband Ought to Know » by Sylvanus Stall

The numerous stratagems invented by debauch to annihilate the natural consequences of coition, have all the same end in view.
Extract from : « Plain Facts for Old and Young » by John Harvey Kellogg

The operations performed on females are obviously dictated by considerations of convenience or propriety in coition.
Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy

Antonyms for coition

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