There still exist laws regarding fornication in some places, which may or may not be enforced depending on the current prevailing societal views in the jurisdiction.
en.wikipedia.org In this case, the young, witty, and well-bred male character, who dominates the drawing rooms, is in sharp contrast to a contemptible debauch, who indulges in fornication, alcoholism, and hypocrisy.
en.wikipedia.org He claims only three natural talents: horsemanship, facility with foreign languages, and fornication.
en.wikipedia.org It was also supposedly a favored place for rites that included fornication.
en.wikipedia.org All the humour of this comedy is in the subsidiary love-chase and fornication plots, none in the main plot.
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