Word Finder - incest

definition

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

example

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

definition

To engage in incestuous sexual intercourse.

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.

For incest with his own mother, both were burned to death; with a stepmother, the man was disinherited; with a daughter, the man was exiled; with a daughter-in-law, he was drowned; with a son's betrothed, he was fined.

A principal witness for the charge of incest was Rochford's own wife, a woman of infamous character, afterwards executed for complicity in the intrigues of Catherine Howard.

All his time was spent in the pleasures of his harem, the intrigues of which were further complicated by his falling in love with and marrying his own daughter Atossa (according to the Persian religion a marriage between the nearest relations is no incest).

Nor because the pagans regarded the close meetings of the Christians usually held in private houses as mysteries in which incest and cannibalism were rife, does it follow that the Christians themselves accepted the comparison.

It disposes of the charges brought against Christians for secret crimes (incest, &c.) and public offences (contempt of the State religion and high treason), and asserts the absolute superiority of Christianity as a revealed religion beyond the rivalry of all human systems.

The wife, regarding union with her producer as incest, fled from his embraces as Nemesis did from those of Zeus, and Rhea from Cronus, assuming various animal disguises.

They discovered that they had committed clan incest only when they got back to their rural home where clanship is significant.

I have NOT commited incest with my brother and I do NOT plan to.

Cloning, like clinical incest, is also not illegal in the UK tho it does require a license from the HFEA.

Beside the recurrent exploration of homosexuality, there is strong language, incest and brief onstage nudity.

Taking the example of the incest taboo, Dean exposes some cultural traits that impart a survival advantage.

The film featured a storyline about father-daughter incest and only received negative reviews.

When the perpetrator is a family member, these crimes are also referred to as incest.

Anne was locked in the Tower of London and accused of witchcraft, incest, treason and adultery.

It would blaze trails in the early years as it confronted storylines of artificial insemination, incest and interracial romance.

This allowed Holden to marry his 'niece' and avoid the incest problems.

As its popularity grew, however, Hollyoaks began to tackle much more serious issues, such as incest, alcoholism, date rape, eating disorders and drugs, to name just a few.

He was pronounced guilty of rapine, incendiarism, incest, assassination and heresy.

An industry of books, conferences and experts appeared to uncover an epidemic of sexual abuse, incest and satanic cults.

The issues covered in this collection include incest, abuse, and the Holocaust.

One incident (the incest unwittingly committed) frequently recurs in connexion with the life of Gregory the Great.