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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure;
[syn: masturbation, onanism]

2. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation;
[syn: coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Onanism \O"nan*ism\, n. [Onan (--Gen. xxxviii. 9): cf. F. onanisme.] Self-pollution; masturbation. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

onanism n 1: manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure [syn: masturbation, onanism] 2: a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation [syn: coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism]