Adultery
noun
The act of a married person having sexual relationship with someone who is not their husband or wife.
He was guilty of adultery with his secretary.
Often appears as...
- commit adultery
- accused of adultery
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Disapproving
noun
In the Bible, thinking lustful thoughts about someone who is not your spouse.
Jesus taught that even looking at a woman lustfully is considered committing adultery in one's heart.
Often appears as...
- commit adultery in heart
- lustful thoughts as adultery
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Disapproving
Religious
noun
The act of a married person having sexual relationship with someone who is not their husband or wife.
He was guilty of adultery with his secretary.
Often appears as...
- commit adultery
- accused of adultery
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In the Bible, thinking lustful thoughts about someone who is not your spouse.
Jesus taught that even looking at a woman lustfully is considered committing adultery in one's heart.
Often appears as...
- commit adultery in heart
- lustful thoughts as adultery
Usage tips
Disapproving
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Marital Betrayal
Adultery implies a serious betrayal in a marriage that can damage trust.
When she discovered the adultery, she felt her trust had been shattered.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Relevance
Adultery could have legal consequences in divorce proceedings.
The judge considered the adultery when dividing the couple's assets.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variance
Perceptions of adultery vary greatly across different cultures and societies.
In some cultures, adultery is not only a sin but also a crime.
Pro Tip 1/3Marital Betrayal
Adultery implies a serious betrayal in a marriage that can damage trust.
When she discovered the adultery, she felt her trust had been shattered.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Relevance
Adultery could have legal consequences in divorce proceedings.
The judge considered the adultery when dividing the couple's assets.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variance
Perceptions of adultery vary greatly across different cultures and societies.
In some cultures, adultery is not only a sin but also a crime.
Pro Tip 1/3Marital Betrayal
Adultery implies a serious betrayal in a marriage that can damage trust.
When she discovered the adultery, she felt her trust had been shattered.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Relevance
Adultery could have legal consequences in divorce proceedings.
The judge considered the adultery when dividing the couple's assets.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variance
Perceptions of adultery vary greatly across different cultures and societies.
In some cultures, adultery is not only a sin but also a crime.
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Technology hasn't...
human beings do. I'm not suggesting that we're not -- that we're necessarily sexually faithful to our partners. I've looked at adultery in 42 cultures, I understand, actually, some of the genetics of it, and some of the brain circuitry of it. It's very common around the world,
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The history of marriage...
provided many specifics governing marriage, from punishments for adultery to the legal status of children born to slaves. Many ancient civilizations allowed some form of multiple simultaneous marriage. And even today, less than a quarter of the world's
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When did humans start...
particularly adultery. In the late 18th century, a series of changes took place that would eventually shape divorce laws around the world. Following centuries of religious conflict, Europeans pushed for state governance separate from religious control.
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Rethinking infidelity...
Now, throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam, so the double standard is as old as adultery itself.
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Learn to read Chinese...
escaping, evading. On the left, we have a woman. Two women together, they have an argument. Three women together, be careful, it's adultery. So we have gone through almost 30 characters. By using this method, the first eight radicals
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Billy Graham:...
King David said that he knew the depths of his own soul. He couldn't free himself from personal problems and personal evils that included murder and adultery. Yet King David sought God's forgiveness,
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Learn to read Chinese...
evading on the Left we have a woman two women together they have an argument three women together the careful is adultery so we have come through almost 30 characters by using this method the
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Suffering for Tradition...
traditionally they only come up during childbirth at doctor's visit or if the woman is caught committing adultery in that case she will pay for her infidelity with an exposed neck for life
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The myth of Hercules: 12...
The goddess Hera, who hated Hercules for being born of her husband’s adultery, had stricken him with a temporary curse of madness. And his own family were the casualties.
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A Family Tradition PIPE...
Billy the medes as much a commandment from God when he said they shall take up serpents is it was the ten commands when he said thou shalt not commit adultery snake
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Technology hasn't...
human beings do. I'm not suggesting that we're not -- that we're necessarily sexually faithful to our partners. I've looked at adultery in 42 cultures, I understand, actually, some of the genetics of it, and some of the brain circuitry of it. It's very common around the world,
Video examples
The history of marriage...
provided many specifics governing marriage, from punishments for adultery to the legal status of children born to slaves. Many ancient civilizations allowed some form of multiple simultaneous marriage. And even today, less than a quarter of the world's
Video examples
When did humans start...
particularly adultery. In the late 18th century, a series of changes took place that would eventually shape divorce laws around the world. Following centuries of religious conflict, Europeans pushed for state governance separate from religious control.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
Now, throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam, so the double standard is as old as adultery itself.
Video examples
Learn to read Chinese...
escaping, evading. On the left, we have a woman. Two women together, they have an argument. Three women together, be careful, it's adultery. So we have gone through almost 30 characters. By using this method, the first eight radicals
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Billy Graham:...
King David said that he knew the depths of his own soul. He couldn't free himself from personal problems and personal evils that included murder and adultery. Yet King David sought God's forgiveness,
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Learn to read Chinese...
evading on the Left we have a woman two women together they have an argument three women together the careful is adultery so we have come through almost 30 characters by using this method the
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Suffering for Tradition...
traditionally they only come up during childbirth at doctor's visit or if the woman is caught committing adultery in that case she will pay for her infidelity with an exposed neck for life
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The myth of Hercules: 12...
The goddess Hera, who hated Hercules for being born of her husband’s adultery, had stricken him with a temporary curse of madness. And his own family were the casualties.
Video examples
A Family Tradition PIPE...
Billy the medes as much a commandment from God when he said they shall take up serpents is it was the ten commands when he said thou shalt not commit adultery snake
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Julian Lennon
English Musician
Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world, but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him: his wife and son. How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces - no communication, adultery, divorce? You can't do it, not if you're being true and honest with yourself.
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A. J. Liebling
American Journalist
It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.
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Michelle Dockery
English Actress
Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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Adam Gopnik
American Writer
Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.
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Jim Bakker
American Celebrity
God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.
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Mike Pence
American Vice President
I think it's time for the media and our leaders to get real and start telling the truth about the impact of adultery on our national life.
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Jerry Falwell
American Clergyman
I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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Andre Balazs
American Businessman
I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world.
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Julian Lennon
English Musician
Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world, but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him: his wife and son. How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces - no communication, adultery, divorce? You can't do it, not if you're being true and honest with yourself.
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A. J. Liebling
American Journalist
It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.
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Michelle Dockery
English Actress
Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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Adam Gopnik
American Writer
Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.
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Jim Bakker
American Celebrity
God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.
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Mike Pence
American Vice President
I think it's time for the media and our leaders to get real and start telling the truth about the impact of adultery on our national life.
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Jerry Falwell
American Clergyman
I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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Andre Balazs
American Businessman
I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world.
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