Love and Pleasure

Love

Love noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.

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Pleasure and love are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pleasure" instead the word "Love" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: loving, lovely, lover, loved, lovable

Pleasure noun - The feeling experienced when one's wishes are met.

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Love and pleasure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Love" instead the word "Pleasure" as a noun or a verb.

good	good love	good pleasure
female	female love	female pleasure
special	special love	special pleasure
particular	particular love	particular pleasure
Other adjectives: similar, true, genuine, sheer, obvious, actual, real, extreme, great, intense, little, sexual, twisted, mutual, greater, strange, last, greatest.

Although he cannot be an heir to the throne of his father, Genji spends his life surrounded by every pleasure and love.

Source: Anime / Genji Monogatari Sennenki
In a roundabout way, Emonnosuke qualifies because while he's had sex before, his night with Tsunayoshi was the first time he did so for love and pleasure rather than to conceive a child.

Source: Manga / Ooku
In the episode "Liaisons", had ambassadors from a race that lacked the concepts of antagonism, pleasure and love.

Source: Blue And Orange Morality / Live-Action TV

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