masturbation

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  1. noun Excitation of one's own or another's genital organs, usually to orgasm, by manual contact or means other than sexual intercourse.

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  • Because the church frowns on masturbation, they do not offer masturbation or mutual masturbation as logic options for couples.
  • This type of lube is best used for male masturbation, according to Go Ask Alice! —  The Huntington News RSS
  • It's good they're not awarding FX masturbation, aesthetics is just as important. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • But even those religious followers who believe masturbation is a sin, how can they prevent a woman for OVULATING (aka, releasing a potential life) every month? —  AltWeeklies.com Site Feed
  • Jodi: Drunken masturbation is the saddest masturbation of all. —  I Will Dare
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  1. from French masturbation = Spanish masturbacion, from New Latin masturbatio(n-), from Latin masturbari: see masturbate.
 

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/mæstərˈbeɪʃən/
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