prostitution Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pros`ti*tu"tion noun

Etymology

L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.

Definitions

1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press. "Mental prostitution." Byron.