Noun
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 dictionaryThe 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