copulation

[ kop-yuh-ley-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. sexual intercourse.

  2. a joining together or coupling.

Origin of copulation

1
1350–1400; Middle English copulacion<Latin cōpulātiōn- (stem of copulātio) a binding together. See copulate, -ion

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