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Idiom

sexual relation

Meaning

The behavior of a sexual nature between one or more individuals.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“They are in a sexual relation.”

“The court documents stated that the two parties were involved in a sexual relation during their time as coworkers.”

“The legal inquiry sought to determine whether the professional boundaries were compromised by the existence of an undisclosed sexual relation between the supervisor and the subordinate.”

Examples

simple

“They are in a sexual relation.”

contextual

“The court documents stated that the two parties were involved in a sexual relation during their time as coworkers.”

complex

“The legal inquiry sought to determine whether the professional boundaries were compromised by the existence of an undisclosed sexual relation between the supervisor and the subordinate.”

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