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1. (n.) adultery
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME a(d)vouterie < OF avoutrie < L adulterium=adulter (adulterāre adulterate) +-ium -ium1)
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| Definition of 'adultery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) adultery, criminal conversation, fornication
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
"adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"
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| Definition of 'adultery' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) adultery
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
2. (noun) adultery
adulteration; corruption
3. (noun) adultery
lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
4. (noun) adultery
faithlessness in religion
5. (noun) adultery
the fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery
6. (noun) adultery
the intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop
7. (noun) adultery
injury; degradation; ruin
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Sense: sexual intercourse between a husband and a woman who is not his wife or between a wife and a man who is not her husband.
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 Afrikaans: egbreuk |
 Arabic: زِنَى |
 Bulgarian: прелюбодеяние |
 Brazilian: adultério |
 Czech: cizoložství |
 German: der Ehebruch |
 Danish: ægteskabsbrud; utroskab |
 Greek: μοιχεία |
 Spanish: adulterio |
 Estonian: abielurikkumine |
 Farsi: زنا |
 Finnish: aviorikos |
 French: adultère |
 Hebrew: נִאוּף @@@נִיאוּף$$$ |
 Hindi: व्यभिचार |
 Croatian: preljub |
 Hungarian: házasságtörés |
 Indonesian: zinah |
 Icelandic: framhjáhald, hjúskaparbro |
 Italian: adulterio |
 Japanese: 姦通 |
 Korean: 간통 |
 Lithuanian: svetimavimas |
 Latvian: laulības pārkāpšana |
 Malay: zina |
 Dutch: overspel |
 Norwegian: ekteskapsbrudd, utroskap |
 Polish: cudzołóstwo |
 Persian: زنا |
 Pashto: زنا، جنسی مقاربت د سړی او |
 Portuguese: adultério |
 Romanian: adulter |
 Russian: адюльтер, прелюбодеяние |
 Slovak: cudzoložstvo |
 Slovenian: prešuštvo |
 Serbian: preljuba |
 Swedish: äktenskapsbrott |
 Thai: การมีชู้ |
 Turkish: zina |
 Taiwanese: 通姦 |
 Ukrainian: адюльтер, порушення подру |
 Urdu: ناجائز تعلقات |
 Vietnamese: sự ngoại tình |
 Chinese: 通奸 |
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