Definition of Adultery

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Adulteration; corruption.
  • (n.) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
  • (n.) Faithlessness in religion.
  • (n.) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
  • (n.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
  • (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.

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