Sodomy
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noun.
Any of various forms of sexual acts regarded as perverted, especially anal intercourse, oral-anal contact, or sexual intercourse with an animal.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Unnatural sexual relations, as between persons of the same sex, or with beasts.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
immorality
in general
noun.
any of various forms of
sexual
intercourse
held to be
unnatural
, particularly
bestiality
.
noun.
anal sex
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
Word Usage
"The men of Sodom tell Lot to hand over the male visitors so that they may "know" them, i.e. sexually know them giving rise to the term "sodomy"."
Form
sodomise
sodomite
sodomize
sodomy law
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
perversion
sexual perversion
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
adultery
bigamy
bribery
concubinage
embezzlement
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
buggery