Usually means: Physical touching, often with intent.
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  1. contrectation: Wordnik
  2. contrectation: Wiktionary
  3. contrectation: Dictionary.com
  4. Contrectation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. contrectation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Contrectation: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. contrectation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (contrectation)

noun:  (medicine, law) The initial stage of the sexual act involving manual contact and tumescence; sexual foreplay.
noun:  (obsolete) A touching or handling; manipulation.

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