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contracept.

To use contraception

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To use contraception

    intransitive
  2. To administer contraception, especially to a population of wild animals

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from contraception. Attested US 1932, with earlier occasional use as abbreviation for contraceptive in the medical literature; popularized US mid-1960s in the context of the sexual revolution.

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