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INDIANAPOLIS -- A teacher who admitted having sex with a 15-year-old student during a special outing she arranged for the tryst was sentenced Friday to two years of home detention.

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  1. noun An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.
  2. noun A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on. See Synonyms at engagement.
  3. intransitive verb To keep a tryst.

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  • Maitland recalled their last tryst, a stolen hour of erotic acrobatics in a flea-pit motel. —  EQMM,August2008
  • This tryst was far up the northern strand and hidden from living eyes. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 06 - June 2000
  • Engaging in some idealised moonlit tryst, a fleeting kiss, then making her swift flight from the scene of her stupidity? —  PurchasedforRevenge
  • No matter who you chose to engage in sexual activities with, even if you are athletic or have amazing endurance, warming up to prep your body for the sensations and contortions it could be put through during your tryst is a good idea. —  Latest entries from edstrong.blog-city.com
  • INDIANAPOLIS -- A teacher who admitted having sex with a 15-year-old student during a special outing she arranged for the tryst was sentenced Friday to two years of home detention. —  TheIndyChannel.com - Local News
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English trist, from Old French triste, a waiting place (in hunting); see deru- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English trist, tryst, a variant of trust: see trust. The present spelling tryst instead of trist is due to Scotch use.
  2. from Middle English tristen, trysten; variant of trust. Cf. tryst, n.
 

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