Incest Definition

ĭnsĕst
noun
Sexual relations between persons who are so closely related that their marriage is illegal or forbidden by custom.
American Heritage
Sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry legally.
Webster's New World
Sexual molestation of a child or adolescent by a relative, esp. by a parent or other adult relative.
Webster's New World

Sexual relations between close relatives, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.

Genetic problems caused by incest are thought to have plagued many royal families in the Middle Ages.
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Origin of Incest

  • Middle English from Latin incestum from neuter of incestus impure, unchaste in- not in–1 castus pure, chaste kes- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin incestus.

    From Wiktionary

Incest Sentence Examples

  • Incest is one of the feats of Heitsi Eibib.

  • Divorce is rare, unfaithfulness after marriage not common and incest unknown.

  • Before he was born his mother Cyborea had a dream that he was destined to murder his father, commit incest with his mother, and sell his God.

  • Exile was inflicted for incest with a daughter; disinheritance for incest with a stepmother or for repeated unfilial conduct.

  • A slave could not accuse his master, except of adultery or incest (under the latter name being included the violation of sacred things or places); the case of high treason was afterwards added to these.

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