Antonyms for adultery
əˈdʌl tə riadul·te·ry

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1. adultery, criminal conversation, fornicationnoun

   extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

   "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"

   Synonyms:
   fornication, criminal conversation

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1. adulterynoun

   Synonyms:
   infidelity, criminal conversation

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adultery

   Synonyms:
   Philandery

How to use adultery in a sentence?

1. W. Somerset Maugham:

   Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.

2. Proverb:

   Where there are monks and priests, there is adultery and beatings.

3. Jere Royall:

   We believe that the state's policy should remain clear – that marriages are worth protecting ... and that a third party who has committed adultery will be held accountable and liable for their actions.

4. Marquis de Sade:

   Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul, inspire thou in me something yet more, present further perversions to my smoking heart, and then shalt thou see how I shall plunge myself into them all!

5. Quentin Crisp:

   Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery Phooey You should never subjugate yourself to another nor seek the subjugation of someone else to yourself. If you follow that Crispian principle you will be able to say 'Phooey,' too, instead of reaching for your gun when you fancy yourself betrayed.

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