secret vice

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nounsecret vice (plural secret vices)

obsoleteSynonym of solitary vice
The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.
[1881, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and Young
Synonyms: solitary vice

nounSynonym of solitary vice

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