coition
co·i·tion
noun \kō-ˈi-shən\Definition of COITION
: coitus
— co·i·tion·al \-ˈish-nəl, -ˈi-shə-nəl\ adjective
Examples of COITION
- <studied the frequency of coition in animals that mate for life>
Origin of COITION
Late Latin, from Latin coition-, coitio a coming together, from coire to come together, from co- + ire to go — more at issue
First Known Use: 1615
Related to COITION
Synonyms: sexual intercourse, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, coupling, intercourse, lovemaking, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual relations
Related Words: fornication; safe sex; carnality, sexuality; breeding, insemination; dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee
Rhymes with COITION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
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