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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 relationsplay

  Familiarity information: ADULTERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADULTERY (noun)


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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