intimacy

3 definitions • 3 examples

a situation in which you have a close friendship or sexual relationship with someone:

Intimacy between teachers and students is not recommended.

things that are said or done only by people who have a close relationship with each other:

It was obvious from their witty intimacies that they had been good friends for many years.

the state of having a close, personal relationship or romantic relationship with someone:

[ U ] He was always polite, but he shunned intimacy.