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Noun
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- Sexual intercourse|sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person.
- law The act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman which does not by law amount to adultery.
#:1604 I am the sister of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon the act of fornication To lose his head; condemn'd by Angelo � Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 5, Scene 1
#:1611 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. � Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
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