intimacy

Definition of Intimacy in English :

close or warm friendship

Example Sentences:
'the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy'

a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

3. closeness, intimacy

a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

Example Sentences:
'their closeness grew as the night wore on'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Intimacy

noun plural -cies

1.

close or warm friendship or understanding; personal relationship

2. (often plural) euphemistic

sexual relations

nounWord forms: plural ˈintimacies

1.

the state or fact of being intimate; intimate association; familiarity

2.

a.

an intimate act

b. [usually pl.]

sexual intercourse

n. pl. in·ti·ma·cies

1. The condition of being intimate.

2. An instance of being intimate.