Nudities

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

  Nudity \Nu"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Nudities}. [Cf. F. nudit['e].]
     1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
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     2. That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or
        unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure


        represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; --
        chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.
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              There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any
              more than in painting, to design and color obscene
              nudities.                             --Dryden.
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