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. Jillian Lauren:

   I am a witness to the fact that The Playboy Sultan was drinking, was committing adultery, was not exactly living on the straight and narrow.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

3. John Wesley:

   My cool judgement is, that if all the other doctrines of devils which have been committed to writing since letters were in the world were collected together in one volume, it would fall short of this; and that, should a Prince form himself by this book, so calmly recommending hypocrisy, treachery, lying, robbery, oppression, adultery, whoredom, and murder of all kinds, Domitian or Nero would be an angel of light compared to that man.

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.