Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prostitution \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.

Source : WordNet®

prostitution
     n : offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: {harlotry}, {whoredom}]