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Topic: FAMILY
Date:
1800-1900
Origin:
contra- + conception
contraception
noun
con‧tra‧cep‧tion
[
uncountable
]
the practice of preventing a woman from becoming
pregnant
when she has sex, or the methods for doing this
[=
birth control
]
:
The pill is a popular method of contraception.
Definition of contraception from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic FAMILY
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boy
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(n)
divorce
(v)
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scion
separate
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separation
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single parent
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uncle
union
unmarried
upbringing
wedding
widow
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