sexual congress
Intimate physical joining
Sexual congress is a formal or euphemistic term for sexual intercourse.
The word congress here carries its older sense of coming together or meeting, applied to the physical union of bodies.
The phrase appears in legal, medical, and literary contexts where clinical or elevated language is preferred: The defendant admitted to sexual congress with the plaintiff.
Sexual joining of bodies
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- lovemakingSexual intercourse between partners
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
union · consummation · coupling · relations · fornication · coition · bedding · carnal knowledge
Generating biological offspring
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
impregnation · fertility · ovulation · sperm · egg · pregnancy · offspring · fecundity
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- connectionA joining or relation
- bondingForming close connections
affection · trust · passion · togetherness · warmth · embrace · pillow talk · afterglow
Granted right to act
- agreementShared position between parties
- voluntaryDone by choice
- willingnessOpenness to act
- assentFormal expression of approval
autonomy · choice · mutual · communication · boundaries · respect · negotiation · affirmative
Innate erotic drive
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- passionIntense emotional drive
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- attractionPull toward something
seduction · eroticism · sensuality · carnality · longing · craving · appetite · urge
coitus
Sexual joining of bodies
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- lovemakingSexual intercourse between partners
mating · union · consummation · coupling · relations · fornication · coition · bedding · carnal knowledge · conjugal relations
procreation
Generating biological offspring
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
breeding · impregnation · fertility · ovulation · sperm · egg · pregnancy · offspring · fecundity · propagation
closeness
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- connectionA joining or relation
bonding · affection · trust · passion · togetherness · warmth · embrace · pillow talk · afterglow · skin-to-skin
permission
Granted right to act
- agreementShared position between parties
- voluntaryDone by choice
- willingnessOpenness to act
assent · autonomy · choice · mutual · communication · boundaries · respect · negotiation · affirmative · enthusiastic
libido
Innate erotic drive
attraction · seduction · eroticism · sensuality · carnality · longing · craving · appetite · urge · lechery
flirtation
Playful romantic attention
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- pursuitAct of chasing something
coquetry · advances · proposition · foreplay · enticement · allure · come-on · overture · dalliance · pass
sexual congressabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · chastity · sexual abstinence · continence · virginity
sexual congressplatonic love
Emotional bond sans desire
spiritual union · emotional intimacy · companionship · friendship · spiritual communion
sexual congressestrangement
Emotional separation between people
sexual, sex, sexes, sexed, sexing, sexy, sexier, sexiest, sexily