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defloration
(redirected from Loss of virginity)

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def·lo·ra·tion  (dfl-rshn)
n.
1. The act of deflowering.
2. Rupture of the hymen, typically in sexual intercourse.

[Middle English defloracioun, from Late Latin dflrti, dflrtin-, from dflrtus, past participle of dflrre, to deflower; see deflower.]

defloration [ˌdiːflɔːˈreɪʃən]
n
the act of deflowering
[from Late Latin dēflorātiō; see de-, flower]

defloration
the act of having sexual intercourse with a virgin; devirgination.
See also: Sex
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something
scathe, damage, harm, hurt - the act of damaging something or someone
2.defloration - the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, copulation, intercourse, relation, congress - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Translations
defloration [ˌdiːflɔːˈreɪʃən] Ndesfloración f
defloration
n (liter, of girl) → Entjungferung f, → Defloration f


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