Synonyms 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:
   violation of the marriage-bed

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1. adulterynoun

   Synonyms:
   infidelity, criminal conversation

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1. List of paraphrases for "adultery":

   adulterous, adulterer, fornication, infidelity

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

1. adultery

   Synonyms:
   Philandery

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1. Proverb:

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

2. William Pryor:

   A constitutional right that protects 'the choice of one's partner' and 'whether and how to connect sexually' must logically extend to activities like prostitution, adultery, necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even incest and pedophilia.

3. Jayna Kothari:

   It is a big victory for women's status and position within marriage and within families the adultery offense was used really as a threat against women by their husbands.

4. 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.

5. High Court:

   Former governor An's position of power over the victim was sufficient to dominate her free will, an appears to have seen the victim in the context of a superior-subordinate relationship and used it to commit adultery.