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onanism

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊnəˌnɪzəm/Part of speech nounSorted aimnnosStarts with OEnds with M0 clues
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  1. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

Word origin

From Onan + -ism. In the Book of Genesis, Onan, son of Judah, in fulfillment of the laws of levirate marriage was to impregnate his brother Er's widow, Tamar, in order to raise offspring from the union in his brother's name. In order to avoid raising descendants for his late brother, however, Onan "spilled his semen on the ground when he went in to his brother's wife, so that he would not give offspring to his brother" (Genesis 38:9).

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  • This photograph was far superior. A nude woman was sitting on the edge of a desk next to a globe of the world. The suggested onanism with the piece of chalk intrigued Ignatius.

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