Associations to the word «Prostitution»

Wiktionary

PROSTITUTION, noun. Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
PROSTITUTION, noun. (by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.

Dictionary definition

PROSTITUTION, noun. Offering sexual intercourse for pay.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats