Adultery vs. Infidelity
Adultery and Infidelity Definitions
Adultery
Consensual sexual intercourse between a married person and a person other than the spouse.
Infidelity
Unfaithfulness to a sexual partner, especially a spouse.
Adultery
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry
She engaged in adultery because her spouse has a low libido, while hers is very high.
Infidelity
An act of sexual unfaithfulness.
Adultery
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
Infidelity
Lack of fidelity or loyalty.
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Adultery
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
Infidelity
Lack of religious belief.
Adultery
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
Infidelity
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
Adultery
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
Infidelity
Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
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Adultery
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Infidelity
Lack of religious belief.
Adultery
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Infidelity
Lack of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a lack of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity.
There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of the principal causes of infidelity.
Adultery
The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.
Infidelity
Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.
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Adultery
Adulteration; corruption.
Infidelity
Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant.
Adultery
Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
Infidelity
The quality of being unfaithful
Adultery
The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
Adultery
The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
Adultery
Injury; degradation; ruin.
You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature.
Adultery
Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations;
Adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce
