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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

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