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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
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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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Fully aware as she was of the seriously flawed moral code and behaviour of the ruling class, Lady Anne [Barnard] was also fascinated by and appalled at the promiscuity of colonial women and she returns again and again to record the endless liaisons, adulteries and depraved behaviour of more than a few of the colonists.
Illegitimacy and family formation in colonial Cape Town, to c. 1850 by Malherbe, Vertrees C. / Journal of Social History
Virtually blackmailing his wife into taciturn acceptance of his adulteries, he reminds her that it is his money that gives her and the children a luxurious nest in a white world.
Sex, drugs & R & B: 'Ray' & 'Kinsey' by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal
He considers those who have been caught up in adulteries, love affairs, and the sexual revolution, and he concludes:
The form of poetry: Richard Wilbur's collected poems by Mason, David / The Weekly Standard
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