See detumesce on Wiktionary
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"To leave the erect, sexually aroused state."
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"(intransitive, of sexual organs) To leave the erect, sexually aroused state."
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"To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs."
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"(intransitive, of a person) To lose one's sexual arousal: to experience the detumescence of one's sexual organs."
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"To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence."
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"(transitive) To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence."
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"(transitive) To cause (a person) to detumesce: to induce detumescence."
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