indecent liberty

== English == === Noun === indecent liberty (plural indecent liberties) Any behavior beyond the limits of propriety. c. 1700, Samuel Garth, preface to The Dispensary The intention of this preface is not to persuade mankind to enter into our quarrels, but to vindicate the author from being censured for taking any indecent liberty with a faculty he has the honour to be a member of. 1779, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Patrick Henry, March 27, 1779 It would, therefore, hardly be deemed an indecent liberty in the most private citizen, to offer his thoughts to the consideration of the Executive. Sexual behavior beyond social or legal limits.