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coitus
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sexual intercourse

 or coitus or copulation

Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). Various sexual activities (foreplay) lead to physiological changes that progress to orgasm (climax) and resolution (see sexual response). If it is completed, semen passes from the male into the female's body. If conditions favour fertilization, a sperm joins with an egg, and pregnancy begins (see fertility; reproduction); contraception can prevent this. Intercourse with an unwilling female is rape. See also reproductive behaviour; sexuality, human; sexually transmitted disease.

coitus [′kō·əd·əs]
(zoology)
The act of copulation. Also known as intercourse.


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van der Linden, explained: "Under the head of fornication, as a criminal offence, we understand the conduct of those who, from a love of gain, or excess of lust, lend their body to the carnal knowledge of all persons"--a definition involving prostitutes, brothels and pimps as well, it appears, as incidents of casual sex where no material "gain" changed hands.
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In an innovative shift, Hurston replaces the legendary tree of knowledge, the apple tree, with an arguably more fitting symbol of the acquisition of carnal knowledge and sexual experience, the pear tree.
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Forcible rape--The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.
Appendix II--offenses in uniform crime reporting by Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States
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