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lewdness

[ lood-nis ]
/ ˈlud nɪs /
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noun

indecency or obscenity; vulgar sexual character or behavior: The strip club has been shut down repeatedly for lewdness and public sexual acts.

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Origin of lewdness

lewd + -ness

Words nearby lewdness

levy, Lévy-Bruhl, levy en masse, Lew, lewd, lewdness, Lewes, lewis, Lewis acid, Lewis and Clark expedition, Lewis and Harris
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Words related to lewdness

eroticism, obscenity, pruriency, vulgarity, lechery, ribaldry, prurience, pornography, wickedness, dirtiness, incontinence, impurity, corruptness, debauchery, carnality, dissoluteness, lustfulness, grossness, smuttiness, depravity

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