nonintercourse

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21
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14

Definition of nonintercourse

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, historical, uncountable)The lack of intercourse; the suspension of relations or communication (especially between countries).
    “The Nonintercourse Act”
    “This view is derived from the former non-intercourse law only.”
    “you must submit to an embargo on your wit and a non-intercourse act between you and the faculty of writing.”
    “The use of non-intercourse agreements as revolutionary weapons against Great Britain.”
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noun

  1. (US, historical, uncountable)The lack of intercourse; the suspension of relations or communication (especially between countries).
    “The Nonintercourse Act”
    “This view is derived from the former non-intercourse law only.”
    “you must submit to an embargo on your wit and a non-intercourse act between you and the faculty of writing.”
    “The use of non-intercourse agreements as revolutionary weapons against Great Britain.”
  2. (uncountable)A lack of sexual intercourse.
    “I intend to try the effect of non-intercourse, and to break with her outright.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not involving or not relating to sexual intercourse.
    “McCarthy says you can slow things down by honing your technique through what he calls "nonintercourse sex" (what the rest of us call "jerking off").”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From non- + intercourse.

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