adultery

[A*dul·ter*y]

Adultery is a word for cheating cheating on your spouse with another person. Adultery isn’t a crime, but some people consider it a sin.

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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.

Noun
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"

n.
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.

n.
Adulteration; corruption.

n.
Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

n.
Faithlessness in religion.

n.
The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

n.
The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.

n.
Injury; degradation; ruin.

Adultery

A*dul"ter*y , n.; pl. Adulteries. [L. adulterium. See Advoutry.] 1. 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. &hand; It is adultery on the part of the married wrongdoer. The word has also been used to characterize the act of an unmarried participator, the other being married. In the United States the definition varies with the local statutes. Unlawful intercourse between two married persons is sometimes called double adultery; between a married and an unmarried person, single adultery. 2. Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 3. (Script.) (a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment. (b) Faithlessness in religion. Jer. iii. 9. 4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery. 5. (Eccl.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop. 6. Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.]

You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature.

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.

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Usage Examples

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.

The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.