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ADULTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adultery mean?
• ADULTERY (noun)
The noun ADULTERY has 1 sense:
1. extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
Familiarity information: ADULTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
adultery; criminal conversation; fornication
Context example:
adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce
Hypernyms ("adultery" is a kind of...):
extramarital sex; free love (sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another)
Derivation:
adulterer (someone who commits adultery or fornication)
adulterous (not faithful to a spouse or lover)
adulterous (characterized by adultery)
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