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Definition of Lewdness
1. Noun. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
Generic synonyms: Indecency
Specialized synonyms: Dirtiness, Smuttiness
Derivative terms: Bawdy, Lewd, Obscene, Obscene, Salacious, Salacious, Salacious, Salacious
Definition of Lewdness
1. Noun. The property of being lewd. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lewdness
1. the state of being lewd [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lewdness
Literary usage of Lewdness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"RAPE—IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS—lewdness— INSTRUCTIONS—EVIDENCE. 1. A woman sworn as
a witness to prove a rape alleged to have been committed upon her may be ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
""lewdness" is defined In 2 Abbott Law Diet, as being equivalent to ... lewdness Is
that form of Immorality which has relation to sexual impurity. ..."
3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"... but is performed in a Manner, which makes it rather an Incentive to the grossest
lewdness, than exposing it, as every modest Writer would have done. ..."
4. Hand-book of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark (1894)
"lewdness AND ILLICIT COHABITATION. 129. For a man and woman to illicitly cohabit
... Therefore any open and notorious lewdness. or illicit cohabitation, ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"which the lewdness or lasciviousness is displayed.1 V. Joint or Separate.—In a
leading case, decided by the court under a statute providing for the offence ..."
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