Noun

(en noun)

The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.

* Sir J. Herschel

the physical constitution of the sun

The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.

* Macaulay

Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions.

A legal document describing such a formal system.

The general health of a person.

A person's physique or temperament.

* Story

Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world.

* Clarendon

He defended himself with less passion than was expected from his constitution .

Noun

(-)

Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.

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The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution', leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child ' prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.

Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.

(by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.

The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.