adultery

Noun

Meaning

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.

Adulteration; corruption.

Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

Faithlessness in religion.

The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.

Injury; degradation; ruin.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fornication betrayal cheating infidelity criminal conversation unfaithfulness extramarital sex eros amour relationship romance cuckold thing affair triangle
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Antonyms

fidelity emancipation dissociation rift break responsibility
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Hypernyms

free-love extramarital sex

Related terms

adulterous adulteress adulteration adulterine adulterer adulterate

Phrases with the word

fruit of adultery committing adultery commit adultery with not commit adultery committed adultery

Derivatives

adulteries

Examples

The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop. John Updike

I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. Jimmy Carter

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. Edmund Burke

Keep women far away from song, because it is a summons to adultery. Bedouin Proverb

Many are the eyes of the person whose spouse commits adultery. Zambian Proverb

He that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery already with her in his heart. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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