coition
Intimate physical joining
Coition is sexual intercourse—the physical act of mating.
The word is formal and somewhat clinical, appearing mainly in medical, legal, or academic contexts: The study examined frequency of coition among married couples.
Coitus is the more common Latinate term for the same act.
Sexual joining of bodies
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- conceptionFormation of an idea
reproduction · insemination · gametes · zygote · oocyte · ovulation · gonads · ejaculation
Sexual intercourse between partners
- unionJoining into one
- couplingJoint between systems
- consummationFinal completion or achievement
- embraceHold closely in arms
tenderness · passion · closeness · bonding · connection · romance · communion · mutuality
Intercourse between unmarried persons
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
debauchery · illicit · forbidden · sinful · immoral · indecent · unchaste · wanton
Sexual intercourse, legally termed
- conjugal relationsSpouses' physical union
- sexual intercourseBodily union between partners
- copulateEngage in intercourse
- consummatePerfect beyond compare
copulation
Sexual joining of bodies
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
conception · reproduction · insemination · gametes · zygote · oocyte · ovulation · gonads · ejaculation · breeding
lovemaking
Sexual intercourse between partners
- unionJoining into one
- couplingJoint between systems
- consummationFinal completion or achievement
embrace · tenderness · passion · closeness · bonding · connection · romance · communion · mutuality · consent
fornication
Intercourse between unmarried persons
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
licentiousness · debauchery · illicit · forbidden · sinful · immoral · indecent · unchaste · wanton · lust
carnal knowledge
Sexual intercourse, legally termed
- conjugal relationsSpouses' physical union
- sexual intercourseBodily union between partners
- copulateEngage in intercourse
coitionabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · chastity · continence · virginity · sexual abstinence
coitionseparation
State of being apart
withdrawal · disunion · disconnection · parting · coitus interruptus