Adultery

Definitions

1. Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry
   countable, uncountable
2. Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the sixth/seventh commandment; sinful sexual behavior as a category.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
3. Faithlessness in religion.
   countable, uncountable
4. The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
   countable, uncountable
6. Adulteration; corruption.
   countable, uncountable
7. Injury; degradation; ruin.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

39 more languages

العربيةالزّنًاخيانة زوجيةدعارةزِنَا المُحْصَنَيْنزناءزنى+ 3 more

Bosanskibrakolomstvohorneverapreljubбраколомствопрељуб+ 3 more

Catalàadulteri

Češtinacizoložstvínevěra

Danskutroskab

Ελληνικάκέρατομοιχεία

Esperantoadulto

فارسیروسپی‌گریزنا

Suomiaviorikoshaureushuorin tekeminenhuorintekohuoruussalavuoteususkottomuus+ 4 more

Gaeilgeadhaltranas

Gàidhligadhaltranas

עבריתניאוף

Hrvatskibrakolomstvohorneverapreljubбраколомствопрељуб+ 3 more

Magyarházasságtörés

Հայերենդավաճանություն

Bahasa Indonesiagendakperzinaanzina

Italianoadulterio

日本語.婚外性交ズィナー不倫不義内通姦淫姦通密通私通過ち+ 7 more

ქართულიადიულტერიმრუშობაღალატი

한국어간음간통밀통바람불륜사통+ 3 more

Kurdîhorzina

Latinaadulteriummoechia

Македонскипрељуба

Bahasa Melayuzina

Nederlandsechtbreukoverspel

Polskiadulteriumcudzołóstwopokładzinyzdrada małżeńska+ 1 more

Portuguêsadultério

Românăadulter

Русскийадюльтерпрелюбодея́ниесупру́жеская изме́насупружеская неверность+ 1 more

Slovenčinacudzoložstvo

Српскиbrakolomstvohorneverapreljubбраколомствопрељуб+ 3 more

Svenskaäktenskapsbrotthorhoreriskörlevnad+ 1 more

Kiswahilizinaa

తెలుగువ్యభిచారము

ไทยการทำชู้

Tagalogpakikiapidpangangalunya

Türkçezina

ئۇيغۇرچەزىنا

Tiếng Việtngoại tình

Examples

“She engaged in adultery because her spouse has a low libido, while hers is very high.”

“So also that copulation which in one City is Matrimony, in another will be judged Adultery.”

“Under modern statutory law, some courts hold⟳ that the unmarried participant isn't guilty of adultery (that only the married participant is)”

“Ironically, the detergent industry-sponsored "soap operas" that are central to modern afternoon television programming promise⟳ (mostly) female viewers both relief from drudgery and escape⟳ into the dramatic, crisis-filled on-air world of (laundryless) marriages, adulteries, and other relationships.”

“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

“And it came to pass⟳ through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land⟳, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”

“[…] you might wrest the Caduceus out of my hand, to the adultery and spoil⟳ of Nature […]”

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