Associations to the word «Contraceptive»

Wiktionary

CONTRACEPTIVE, adjective. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
CONTRACEPTIVE, noun. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

Dictionary definition

CONTRACEPTIVE, noun. An agent or device intended to prevent conception.
CONTRACEPTIVE, adjective. Capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca