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单词 adulteries
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adultery

noun

adul·​tery ə-ˈdəl-t(ə-)rē How to pronounce adultery (audio)
plural adulteries
: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than that person's current spouse or partner
also : an act of adultery

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What’s the difference between adultery and fornication?

In case you were wondering, the words adultery and adult are not etymologically related (in other words, adultery didn’t grow out of adult in the way that punditry grew out of pundit). Although both words come from Latin and share the same first five letters, adultery is from adulterāre (“to pollute, defile, commit adultery”), a word formed ultimately from the Latin elements ad- “to, near” and alter “other.” English adult comes from adultus, which is the past participle of the Latin word adolescere (“to grow up”).

In legal use there is a difference between adultery and fornication. Adultery is only used when at least one of the parties involved (either male or female) is married, whereas fornication may be used to describe two people who are unmarried (to each other or anyone else) engaging in consensual sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

  • cheating
  • infidelity
  • misconduct
  • two-timing
  • unfaithfulness
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Example Sentences

He found out that his wife had committed adultery. She accused her husband of adultery.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English adultrye, adultery, alteration (conformed to Latin adulterium) of avoutrie, advoutrie, alteration (with addition of suffix -ie -y entry 2) of avoutre, borrowed from Anglo-French avulteire, avouteire, going back to Latin adulterium, from adulterāre "to defile by adultery, commit adultery with, pollute" + -ium deverbal noun suffix — more at adulterate entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

adultery

noun

adul·​tery
ə-ˈdəl-tə-rē
: voluntary sexual activity (as sexual intercourse) between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband
also : the crime of adultery compare fornication

adulteries

noun

plural of adultery
as in infidelities
a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse adultery is the cause of many divorces

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • infidelities
  • treacheries
  • misconducts
  • affairs
  • affaires
  • romances
  • amours
  • passions
  • perfidies
  • flirtations
  • disloyalties
  • intrigues
  • infatuations
  • inconstancies
  • entanglements
  • loves
  • criminal conversations
  • promiscuities
  • liaisons
  • flings
  • attachments
  • love affairs
  • free loves

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fidelities
  • devotions
  • loyalties
  • dedications
  • allegiances
  • fealties
  • constancies
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