Antonyms for salacity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suh-ley-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : səˈleɪ ʃəs

Definition of salacity

Origin : 1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c.1600). Related: Salaciously; salaciousness.

As in lust : noun appetite, passion
As in obscenity : noun indecency, immorality; vulgarism
As in lewdness : noun indecency
As in libidinousness : noun desire
As in lustfulness : noun desire
As in profaneness : noun obscenity
As in prurience : noun desire
As in pruriency : noun desire
As in raunch : noun obscenity
As in raunchiness : noun obscenity
As in ribaldry : noun obscenity
As in scatology : noun obscenity
As in scurrility : noun obscenity
As in scurrilousness : noun obscenity
As in smuttiness : noun obscenity
As in swearword : noun obscenity
As in vulgarness : noun obscenity
As in desire : noun want, longing

Example sentences :

While speaking, he busied himself in accordance with his salacity.
Extract from : « Eastern Shame Girl » by Charles Georges Souli

Salacity once aroused, even in a minister, allows no room for reason or for conscience.
Extract from : « Plain Facts for Old and Young » by John Harvey Kellogg

Synonyms for salacity

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