fornications
Sinful sexual acts
Fornications is the plural of fornication, which refers to sexual intercourse between people not married to each other.
The word carries a moralizing or religious tone, appearing most often in contexts where such behavior is condemned: The preacher warned against fornications and other sins of the flesh.
In legal and biblical usage, it may encompass various sexual acts considered illicit.
Married person's sexual betrayal
- SodomDestroyed city of vice
- GomorrahAncient symbol of depravity
- CorinthiansBiblical epistles to Greeks
- LeviticusHebrew scripture of rituals
lust · transgression · abomination · flesh · idolatry · unclean · commandment · temptation
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
unfaithful · liaison · tryst · indiscretion · fling · paramour · lover · clandestine
Profound moral corruption
- viceBad habit or deputy
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
indecency · debauchery · promiscuity · lechery · wantonness · carnality · lasciviousness · dissolution
Cultural or social prohibition
- forbiddenNot allowed
- banOfficial restriction on something
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
chastity · purity · restraint · continence · illicit · unlawful · criminalized · outlawed
adultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
- SodomDestroyed city of vice
- GomorrahAncient symbol of depravity
- CorinthiansBiblical epistles to Greeks
Leviticus · lust · transgression · abomination · flesh · idolatry · unclean · commandment · temptation · repentance
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
extramarital · unfaithful · liaison · tryst · indiscretion · fling · paramour · lover · clandestine · secret
depravity
Profound moral corruption
- viceBad habit or deputy
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
immorality · indecency · debauchery · promiscuity · lechery · wantonness · carnality · lasciviousness · dissolution · impurity
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- forbiddenNot allowed
- banOfficial restriction on something
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · chastity · purity · restraint · continence · illicit · unlawful · criminalized · outlawed · restricted
fornicationschastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
virtue · purity · continence · sexual purity · sexual morality
fornicationscelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · abstention · continence · chastity · sexual restraint