incest

  • 21incest — noun /ˈɪnsɛst/ a) Sexual relations between close relatives (too closely related to be legally married), usually considered taboo, and a crime in many jurisdictions. b) incest See Also: incestuous, twincest …

    Wiktionary

  • 22Incest — Sexual activity between individuals so closely related that marriage is prohibited. Incest involving a child is a form of child abuse. * * * 1. Sexual relations between persons closely related by blood, especially between parents and children,… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 23incest — in|cest [ˈınsest] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: incestum, from castus pure ; CHASTE] sex between people who are closely related in a family ▪ Abortions would only be allowed in cases of rape or incest …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24incest — [13] Etymologically, incest is virtually the same word as unchaste. It was borrowed from Latin incestus, a noun use of an adjective formed from the negative prefix in and castus ‘pure’ (source of English chaste). The Latin word denoted… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25incest — [[t]ɪ̱nsest[/t]] N UNCOUNT Incest is the crime of two members of the same family having sexual intercourse, for example a father and daughter, or a brother and sister …

    English dictionary

  • 26incest — noun sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other. Origin ME: from L. incestus, incestum unchastity, incest , from in not + castus chaste …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27incést — a m (ẹ̑) knjiž. spolni odnosi med najožjima (krvnima) sorodnikoma; krvoskrunstvo: očitali so mu incest; vzrok incesta; nagnjenje k incestu ♦ vet. parjenje v najožjem sorodstvu …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 28incest — in|cest sb., en, i sms. incest , fx incestoffer …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 29incest — The crime of sexual intercourse or cohabitation between a man and woman who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. A person is guilty of incest, a felony of the third degree, if he knowingly marries or …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 30incest — The crime of sexual intercourse or cohabitation between a man and woman who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. A person is guilty of incest, a felony of the third degree, if he knowingly marries or …

    Black's law dictionary