noun adulteration; corruption.
2. adultery ·noun injury; degradation; ruin.
3. adultery ·noun faithlessness in religion.
4. adultery ·noun the fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
5. adultery ·noun the intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
6. adultery ·noun lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
7. adultery ·noun 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.