The Lexicon

Earplugs

Devices that reduce or block auditory input.

Edge Play

Consensual play that carries higher-than-usual risk, whether physical, psychological or emotional.

Edo Period

The era of Japanese history (roughly 1603–1868) in which many restraint rope traditions were codified.

Embodied Response

Any response arising through the body — breath, posture, touch, sound — rather than through spoken language.

Embodiment

The experience of being wholly present in the body during rope practice.

Emergency Release

The capacity and readiness to remove rope quickly should intervention be required.

ENM

Umbrella abbreviation for relationship structures that involve more than two people by mutual consent.

Equalitarian Gor

A Reformed Gorean current that adapts the setting to principles of equality between free persons regardless of gender.

Equipment Care

The care and maintenance of scene equipment and dynamic-related tools.

Escape

Primal-play element in which the pursued participant attempts to evade or break free.

Estate

In the Gorean setting, a landed holding under the authority of a free person or household.

Etiquette

The shared conventions of courtesy that make community spaces workable for everyone.

European Rope Community

The transnational community of rope practitioners across Europe.

Evening Protocol

Routine of expected actions or observances performed at the close of the day.

Evolution of FLR

Development of the Female-Led Relationship concept and its associated literature and community models.

Exhibition

The public display of rope work as art.

Eyes

The face's principal instrument of expression, often the focus of etiquette and worship within Body Worship traditions.