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proximities
n. (plural of proximity English)
Usage examples of "proximities".
The dynamic consequences of these proximities are minimized considerably, of course, by the fact that the slave often kneels in the presence of the free male.
The kneeling position, thus, interestingly, can occasionally provide a measure of security, if a somewhat tenuous one, for the slave, tending to reduce to some extent the frequency with which, in a culture with such interpersonal proximities, she might otherwise be subjected to unauthorized rape.