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adultery

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of adultery

a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse

adultery is the cause of many divorces

Synonyms of adultery

cheating, infidelity, misconduct, two-timing, unfaithfulness

Words Related to adultery

criminal conversation

free love, promiscuity

disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, inconstancy, perfidiousness, perfidy, treachery

affair (also affaire), amour, fling, love, love affair, romance

attachment, infatuation

entanglement, flirtation

liaison, passion

Near Antonyms of adultery

allegiance, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, fealty, loyalty, steadfastness

Antonyms of adultery

faithfulness, fidelity

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