sexual relations
Carnal knowledge shared
Sexual relations is a formal or euphemistic term for sexual activity between people, especially intercourse.
The phrase gained notoriety from Bill Clinton's 1998 denial: I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
In legal and diplomatic contexts, it often appears where plainer terms might seem inappropriate: The statute prohibits sexual relations between guards and inmates.
State of proximity
- bondingForming close connections
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- connectionA joining or relation
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
pillow talk · afterglow · cuddling · foreplay · arousal · passion · desire · sensuality
One partner at a time
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- exclusivityState of being limited
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
cheating · affair · betrayal · polyamory · open relationship · commitment · trust · loyalty
Seeking another's romantic favor
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- datingPursuing romantic connections
liaison · tryst · rendezvous · paramour · lover · affair · amour · enamored
Expressing agreement or consent
- permissionGranted right to act
- voluntaryDone by choice
- willingReady without resistance
- boundariesLines marking separation
coercion · assault · harassment · age · legal · capacity · explicit · communication
closeness
State of proximity
- bondingForming close connections
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- connectionA joining or relation
vulnerability · pillow talk · afterglow · cuddling · foreplay · arousal · passion · desire · sensuality · touch
monogamy
One partner at a time
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- exclusivityState of being limited
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
infidelity · cheating · affair · betrayal · polyamory · open relationship · commitment · trust · loyalty · vows
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
dating · liaison · tryst · rendezvous · paramour · lover · affair · amour · enamored · passion
affirmative
Expressing agreement or consent
- permissionGranted right to act
- voluntaryDone by choice
- willingReady without resistance
boundaries · coercion · assault · harassment · age · legal · capacity · explicit · communication · negotiation
sexual relationsabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · chastity · asexuality · sexual abstinence · continence
sexual relationscelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · continence · self-denial · sexual restraint · monasticism
sexual relationsplatonic love
Emotional bond sans desire
brotherly love · sisterly love · familial love · friendship · companionship
sexual, relations, pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, sexually, copulation