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indecent liberties

indecent liberties is the plural of indecent liberty.

Meaning of indecent liberty

Noun

indecent liberty (plural indecent liberties)

  1. Any behavior beyond the limits of propriety.
    • The intention of this preface is not to persuade mankind to enter into our quarrels, but to vindicate the author from being censured for taking any indecent liberty with a faculty he has the honour to be a member of.c. 1700, Samuel Garth, preface to The Dispensary
  2. Sexual behavior beyond social or legal limits.
    • ... pinching, tickling, rubbing up against, and other forms of contact in places such as elevators and grocery stores may constitute an indecent liberty.2004, Mark R. Laaser, Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction, page 41

Questions about indecent liberties

What is indecent liberties the plural of?
Indecent liberties is the plural of indecent liberty.

Words near indecent liberties in the dictionary

  1. indecent
  2. indecent assault
  3. indecent assaults
  4. indecent exposure
  5. indecent exposures
  6. indecent liberties
  7. indecent liberty
  8. indecenter
  9. indecentest
  10. indecently
  11. indecentness

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