Pros`ti*tu"tion (?), n. [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.]
1.
The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
2.
The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press.
"Mental
prostitution."
Byron.
© Webster 1913.