Familiarities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Familiarity \Fa*mil`iar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Familiarities}. [OE.
     familarite, F. familiarit['e]fr. L. faniliaritas. See
     {Familiar}.]
     1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent
        converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse;
        freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to


        live in remarkable familiarity.
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     2. Anything said or done by one person to another
        unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl.,
        such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not
        warrant; liberties.
  
     Syn: Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See
          {Acquaintance}.
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