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incest

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in·cest  (nsst)
n.
1. Sexual relations between persons who are so closely related that their marriage is illegal or forbidden by custom.
2. The statutory crime of sexual relations with such a near relative.
[Middle English, from Latin incestum, from neuter of incestus, impure, unchaste : in-, not; see in-1 + castus, pure, chaste; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]
incest
Noun
sexual intercourse between two people who are too closely related to marry [Latin in- not + castus chaste]
incestuous adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.incest - sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
criminal congress, unlawful carnal knowledge - forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals
Translations
Spanish incest [ˈɪnsɛst] n → incesto
French incest [ˈɪnsɛst] n → inceste m
German incest [ˈɪnsɛst] n → Inzest m
Italian incest [ˈɪnsɛst] n → incesto
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I mean those which are awake when the reasoning and human and ruling power is asleep; then the wild beast within us, gorged with meat or drink, starts up and having shaken off sleep, goes forth to satisfy his desires; and there is no conceivable folly or crime-- not excepting incest or any other unnatural union, or parricide, or the eating of forbidden food--which at such a time, when he has parted company with all shame and sense, a man may not be ready to commit.
The Republic by Plato View in context
As if, when the marriage institution is abolished, concubinage, adultery, and incest, must not necessarily abound; when all the rights of humanity are annihilated, any barrier remains to protect the victim from the fury of the spoiler; when absolute power is assumed over life and liberty, it will not be wielded with destruc- tive sway
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
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