revirgination
revirgination noun: the restoration of virginity.
Noun
revirgination (countable and uncountable, plural revirginations)
- The restoration of virginity.
- Steinem had, on arriving in India, "revirginated" herself, as she would later put it. Her practice of revirgination in India — that is, of allowing the assumption that she was a virgin — had to do both with the protection virginity offered and with the Toledo knowledge that once a woman "lost" her...1996, Winifred Bryan Horner, Life Writing, →ISBN, page 241
- The time it takes for revirgination to occur varies from woman to woman. Some might revirginate in a matter of weeks, while for others it might take months.2004, Jill Conner Browne, God Save the Sweet Potato Queens, →ISBN, page 158
Forms of revirgination
| plural | revirginations |
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Origin of revirgination
From revirginate + -ion.
Questions about revirgination
- What does revirgination mean?
- Revirgination means the restoration of virginity.
- What part of speech is revirgination?
- Revirgination is a noun.
- What is the plural of revirgination?
- The plural of revirgination is revirginations.
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