The illicitness of an affair is what keeps it exciting. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on infidelity] Reference
The unfaithful partner may still be in the throes of the break up with his or her lover and may miss the illicitness of the affair. From Wordnik.com. [Fantasy Springer | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Besides, when you get down to it, isn't it the very illicitness of an affair, the forbidden nature of it, which makes it so exciting?. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference
The connection is reminiscent of those who blamed 9/11 on gays and feminists -- or Katrina on the pro-choice movement or the illicitness of New Orleans. From Wordnik.com. [What's the Connection?: Pat Boone Had One Thing Right: Hate is Hate] Reference
Of course, the illicitness of J. T.'s product and his own menacing persona give him far more power over his 'hood than any ordinary businessman over his company. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Projects] Reference
I will perform a serviceable but unremarkable job, more than sufficient, with the flavor illicitness adds, to satisfy, but unlikely to make the recipient question his or her current relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Jilly Gagnon: The Future Of China's Space Program] Reference
But when he and Burris meet in Washington on Wednesday, it is the new junior senator from Illinois who will show up in the stronger position, with Reid being the one who must yield lest his illicitness become too apparent to the public, and too distracting to legislators. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Norman: Victory For Blago and Burris is Imminent] Reference
To tolerate sytemic NO liturgical illicitness and invalidities propagated by diocesan bishops and routinised by presbyters on a weekly basis without any consequences to them paints more vividly the injustice of treatment meted out to Archbishop Lefebvre and his confraternity. From Wordnik.com. [Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos speaks out] Reference
Thus, from the text "Swear not at all", he drew the illicitness of oaths, even when demanded by the magistrate. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
Wayward has an overtone of illicitness or illegality, based of course on medieval lore where wayward men were vagabonds. From Wordnik.com. [Powell's Books: Overview]
It draws stark contrast with a culture that developed forms of seeing that promoted illicitness, guilt and above all, dehumanizing objectification. From Wordnik.com. [LittleIndia.com Largest Circulated Indian Magazine In USA] Reference
In spite of its pretensions to bourgeois respectability, one does not need to scratch too far below the peeling surfaces of its grand Georgian facades to a get a sense of illicitness. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
And a lady companion, he understood, was joining the party shortly; and besides, there was the house being got ready, a permanent place of residence he gathered, in which the party would settle down, and experience had taught him that genuine illicitness was never permanent. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher and Columbus] Reference
They like the illicitness of it. From Wordnik.com. [Saying Yes To Drugs] Reference
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