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Meaning of Infidelity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti

Definitions

  1. Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Lack of religious belief.
    archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الخيانة خيانة زندقة كفر
Bosanski nevera
Català infidelitat
Ελληνικά απιστία
Español infidelidad
Suomi uskottomuus
Français infidélité
हिन्दी बेईमानी
Hrvatski nevera
日本語 ふてい 不義 不貞 浮気 背信
한국어 바람
Kurdî îhanet
Македонски неверност неверство
Nederlands areligieus ontrouw
Português infidelidade
Română infidelitate
Српски nevera
Svenska otro otrohet prassel vänsterprassel
Türkçe aldatma ihanet
Українська невірність

Examples

“Your friends tell you rumors about your girlfriend's infidelity or you remember being broken up around the time the baby was conceived.”
“It was disastrous that England's infidelity towards Frederick the Great — which no one, not even a German, condemned more strongly than did William Pitt — had to affect one of the most popular heroes of our national history.”
“The means used to this purpose are partly didactical, and partly protreptical; demonstrating the truth of the gospel, and then urging the professors of those truths to be stedfast^([sic]) in the faith, and to beware of infidelity.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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