Definitions for contraception

contraception con·tra·cep·tion

Spelling: [kon-truh-sep-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌkɒn trəˈsɛp ʃən/

Contraception is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 1335 anagrams from letters in contraception (acceinnooprtt).

Definitions for contraception

noun

  1. the deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation by any of various drugs, techniques, or devices; birth control.

Origin of contraception

First recorded in 1885-90; contra-1 + (con)ception

Examples for contraception

contraception is not abortion, and those who misunderstand this subject do harm to the pro-life cause.

Certain kinds of contraception are ‘abortifacients’ and against faith.

They need things like contraception, health care, and they love to talk about equal pay.

Whatever, Hobby Lobby still covers 14 other kinds of contraception.

Abortion and contraception, however, are acts—as is the sexual act that brings them into necessity.

The eight others wrote back with stories about a variety of health conditions that caused them to take some form of contraception.

But even setting aside such outrageous rhetoric, abortion and contraception are just not as photogenic as weddings at City Hall.

And to other parts of the Affordable Care Act, not just the so-called “contraception mandate.”

The practice of contraception is a debatable question, and one on which the most varied evidence has been given.

But unlike Hobby Lobby, who rejected just four types of contraception, Eden Foods is rejecting all of them.

Word Value for contraception
Scrable

19

Words with friends

24

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