From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishintimacyin‧ti‧ma‧cy /ˈɪntəməsi/ noun 1 [uncountable]RELATIONSHIP a state of having a close personal relationship with someoneintimacy of the intimacy of marriageintimacy between a close sense of intimacy between parent and child2 → intimacies3 [uncountable] a situation in which you feel you are in private with someone the cosy intimacy of the café4 [uncountable] formal sex – used especially by lawyers and police when they want to avoid using the word ‘sex’
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intimacy• Intimacy took place on several occasions.• Building houses far apart reduces intimacy among neighbors.• the whispered intimacies of lovers 