indecent exposure

noun

The crime of intentionally exposing one's genitalia in public, sometimes also including female nipples or acts of public urination and defecation.

Similar
public nudity

Meanings

nounindecent exposure (usually uncountable, plural indecent exposures)

plural indecent exposures

  1. uncountableusuallylawThe crime of intentionally exposing one's genitalia in public, sometimes also including female nipples or acts of public urination and defecation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounvulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place

Similar
public nudity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 有傷風化的暴露 /有伤风化的暴露, 猥褻性暴露 /猥亵性暴露
  • 有傷風化的暴露 /有伤风化的暴露 (yǒushāng fēnghuà de bàolù)intentional exposure of one's genitalia
  • 猥褻性暴露 /猥亵性暴露 (wěixièxìng bàolù)intentional exposure of one's genitalia
Finnish siveetön kuva
  • siveetön kuvaintentional exposure of one's genitalia
French attentat à la pudeur
  • attentat à la pudeurintentional exposure of one's genitalia
German Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses
  • Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernissesintentional exposure of one's genitalia
Hungarian közszeméremsértés
  • közszeméremsértésintentional exposure of one's genitalia
Polish ekshibicjonizm, publiczne obnażanie się
  • ekshibicjonizmintentional exposure of one's genitalia
  • publiczne obnażanie sięintentional exposure of one's genitalia
Portuguese atentado ao pudor
  • atentado ao pudorintentional exposure of one's genitalia
Spanish exhibición impúdica
  • exhibición impúdicaintentional exposure of one's genitalia
Cite this entry
APA

indecent exposure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecent%20exposure

MLA

“indecent exposure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecent%20exposure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indecent exposure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecent%20exposure.

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