BDSM Lexicon · Sensation & pain play

Torture of caress

Torture of the Caress refers within BDSM to a playful and greatly toned-down form of erotic overstimulation, in which tension is deliberately built up and prolonged beyond the point of release. The term is a nod to a historical method of torture, but in the contemporary context refers exclusively to a consensual and non-harmful form of tease- and denial-like overstimulation.

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