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luxuria

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n.1.self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins).
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Noun1.luxuria - self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
lust
deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"


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