birth control
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Noun (1)
- limiting the number of children bornSynonyms: birth preventionfamily planningType of planningKinds contraception, coitus interruptus, natural family planning
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
birth control noun
the act or process of deliberately limiting the number of one's children born, especially by preventing conception. Conception may be prevented by ingesting medicines, using barriers such as condoms or spermicides during copulation, or by ligating or removing the reproductive organs. Syn. — birth prevention, family planning.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5