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INCEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("incest" is a kind of...):
criminal congress; unlawful carnal knowledge (forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals)
Derivation:
incestuous (relating to or involving incest)