| NOUN | act | birth prevention, birth control, family planning | limiting the number of children born |
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| Meaning | limiting the number of children born. | |
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| Synonyms | birth control, family planning | |
| Narrower | coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism | A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation |
| contraception, contraceptive method | birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery | |
| natural family planning | Any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs | |
| Broader | planning | An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action |
| Spanish | contracepción, control de la natalidad, control de natalidad, planificación familiar | |
| Catalan | control de natalitat, planificació familiar | |
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