indecent liberty

Noun

 * 1) Any behavior beyond the limits of propriety.
 * 2) * c. 1700, Samuel Garth, preface to The Dispensary
 * The intention of this preface is not to persuade mankind to enter into our quarrels, but to vindicate the author from being censured for taking any indecent liberty with a faculty he has the honour to to a member of.
 * 1) * 1779, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Patrick Henry, March 27, 1779
 * It would, therefore, hardly be deemed an indecent liberty in the most private citizen, to offer his thoughts to the consideration of the Executive.
 * 1) Sexual behavior beyond social or legal limits.
 * 1) Sexual behavior beyond social or legal limits.