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INCEST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does incest mean?

• INCEST (noun)
The noun INCEST has 1 sense:

1. sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)

Familiarity information: INCEST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INCEST (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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