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Lasciviousness vs Fornication - What's the difference?

lasciviousness | fornication |

As nouns the difference between lasciviousness and fornication

is that lasciviousness is the state or characteristic of being lascivious while fornication is sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person.

lasciviousness

English

Noun

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  • The state or characteristic of being lascivious.

    • fornication

    English

    (wikipedia fornication)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person.
  • (legal) The act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman which does not by law amount to adultery.
  • * 1604' ''I am the sister of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon the act of '''fornication To lose his head; condemn'd by Angelo'' — Shakespeare, ''Measure for Measure , Act 5, Scene 1
  • * 1611' ''Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, '''fornication , uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. — Galatians 5:19-21 KJV

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * fornicatory

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