PROSTITU'TION, noun [Latin prostituo.] 1. The act or practice of offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a female. 2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or offering one's self to infamous employments; as the prostitution of talents or abilities.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI