embraces

embraces
   copulation
   Literally, clasping in the arms with familial or sexual affection:
    ... solicited the gratification of their taste for variety in my embraces. (Cleland, 1749)
   The singular is rare:
    When a girl's lips grow hot, her sex is hot first and she is ready to give herself and ripe for the embrace. (F. Harris, 1925)
   Illicit embraces means adultery:
    Harold and Noreen must have been surprised again in their illicit embraces. (M. McCarthy, 1963)

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