Adultery
11adultery — /euh dul teuh ree/, n., pl. adulteries. voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse. [1325 75; ME adulterie < L adulterium, equiv. to adulter (see ADULTERER) + ium IUM; r. ME a(d)vouterie… …
12adultery — [14] Neither adultery nor the related adulterate have any connection with adult. Both come ultimately from the Latin verb adulterāre ‘debauch, corrupt’ (which may have been based on Latin alter ‘other’, with the notion of pollution from some… …
13adultery — [14] Neither adultery nor the related adulterate have any connection with adult. Both come ultimately from the Latin verb adulterāre ‘debauch, corrupt’ (which may have been based on Latin alter ‘other’, with the notion of pollution from some… …
14adultery — Rejecting the polygamous sexual double standard of pre socialist China, the Maoist state sought to prohibit adultery by both sexes. An adulterer might be forced to make a public self criticism, or be demoted or even dismissed from a work unit.… …
15adultery — noun VERB + ADULTERY ▪ be guilty of, commit ▪ accuse sb of ▪ admit PREPOSITION ▪ adultery with …
16adultery — At common law, sexual intercourse by a man, married or single, with a married woman not his wife. By statute in most jurisdic tions, sexual intercourse by a married person with some person not his or her husband or wife. 2 Am J2d Adult § 1. As… …
17Adultery — Conjugal infidelity. An adulterer was a man who had illicit intercourse with a married or a betrothed woman, and such a woman was an adulteress. Intercourse between a married man and an unmarried woman was fornication. Adultery was regarded as …
18adultery — n. to commit adultery with * * * [ə dʌlt(ə)rɪ] to commit adultery with …
19adultery — [[t]ədʌ̱ltəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to. She is going to divorce him on the grounds of adultery …
20adultery — noun (U) sex between someone who is married and someone who is not their wife or husband: commit adultery: She had committed adultery on several occasions. adulterous adjective …
