'birth control' definitions:
Definition of 'birth control'
(from WordNet)
noun
Limiting the number of children born [syn: birth control, birth prevention, family planning]
Definition of 'birth control'
From: GCIDE
- birth control \birth control\ n. the act or process of deliberately limiting the number of one's children born, especially by preventing conception.
- Note: 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. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'birth control'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aridity,
- barrenness,
- contraception,
- dearth,
- dry womb,
- dryness,
- family planning,
- famine,
- impotence,
- ineffectualness,
- infecundity,
- infertility,
- planned parenthood,
- rhythm method,
- sterileness,
- sterility,
- the pill,
- unfertileness,
- unfruitfulness,
- unproductiveness,
- vasectomy,
- withered loins