ADULTERY


Meaning of ADULTERY in English

■ noun voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their husband or wife.

Derivatives

adulterous adjective

adulterously adverb

Origin

C15: from obs. adulter , from L. adulter 'adulterer'.

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