intimate relations
Deep personal connection
Intimate relations is a euphemism for sexual activity, especially intercourse.
The phrase appears in formal, legal, or delicate contexts where direct terms feel inappropriate: The affair began when they developed intimate relations.
It can also refer more broadly to close emotional bonds, though the sexual meaning predominates.
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- making loveSexual intercourse between partners
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- sleeping togetherSharing a bed, intimately
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
closeness · emotional bond · trust · companionship · copulation · bonding · heart to heart · vulnerability · carnal knowledge · forbidden love · behind closed doors · friends with benefits · one night stand · love · pillow talk · partnership · amorous · coitus
intimate relationscasual acquaintance
estrangement · alienation · detachment · nodding acquaintance · strangers
intimate relationscelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · chastity · sexual abstinence · brotherly love · sisterly love
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