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pros⋅ti⋅tu⋅tion

  [pros-ti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-]
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–noun
1. the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
2. base or unworthy use, as of talent or ability.
Origin:
1545–55; < LL prōstitūtiōn- (s. of prōstitūtiō). See prostitute, -ion
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pros·ti·tu·tion   (prŏs'tĭ-tōō'shən, -tyōō'-)   
n.  
  1. The act or practice of engaging in sex acts for hire.
  2. The act or an instance of offering or devoting one's talent to an unworthy use or cause.
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Prostitution

Pros`ti*tu"tion\, n. [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.]

1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.

2. 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. "Mental prostitution." --Byron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: pros·ti·tu·tion
Pronunciation: "präs-t&-'tü-sh&n, -'tyü-
Function: noun
: the act or practice of engaging in sexual activity indiscriminately esp. for money; also : the crime of engaging in such activity
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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