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adultery

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a·dul·ter·y  (-dlt-r, -tr)
n. pl. a·dul·ter·ies
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse.
[Middle English, from Old French adultere, from Latin adulterium, from adulter, adulterer; see adulterate.]
adultery
Noun
pl -teries sexual unfaithfulness of a husband or wife [Latin adulterium]
adulterous adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.adultery - extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"
criminal conversation, fornication
extramarital sex, free love - sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another
adultery
noun unfaithfulness, infidelity, cheating (informal) fornication, playing the field (slang) extramarital sex, playing away from home (slang) illicit sex, unchastity, extramarital relations, extracurricular sex (informal) extramarital congress, having an affair or a fling << OPPOSITE faithfulness
Translations
Spanish adultery [əˈdʌltərɪ] n → adulterio
French adultery [əˈdʌltərɪ] n → adultère m
German adultery [əˈdʌltərɪ] n → Ehebruch m
Italian adultery [əˈdʌltərɪ] n → adulterio
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But the position of a man pursuing a married woman, and, regardless of everything, staking his life on drawing her into adultery, has something fine and grand about it, and can never be ridiculous; and so it was with a proud and gay smile under his mustaches that he lowered the opera glass and looked at his cousin.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
As if, when the marriage institution is abolished, concubinage, adultery, and incest, must not necessarily abound; when all the rights of humanity are annihilated, any barrier remains to protect the victim from the fury of the spoiler; when absolute power is assumed over life and liberty, it will not be wielded with destruc- tive sway
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
For gif adultery, sacrilege, oppression, barbarous cruelty, and theft heaped upon theft, deserve hell, the great King of Carrick can no more escape hell for ever, than the imprudent Abbot escaped the fire for a season as follows.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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