concupiscence

noun

con·cu·pis·cence | \ kän-ˈkyü-pə-sən(t)s

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Definition of concupiscence

: strong desire especially : sexual desire

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the Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit

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