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as in betrayals
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
the one thing that the political boss will not forgive is infidelity
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as in adulteries
a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
had known about his wife's infidelities for years
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Recent Examples of infidelities
Their infidelities have left the people of 2119 trapped between loving the expansive then and the depreciated now.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Lian and Wenyu wrestle with their own infidelities.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Everyone’s various infidelities and fights reach boiling point, with Karl and Orson coming to blows at the Christmas block party, Dylan discovering her mother has been lying to her, and Lynette attempting to apologize to Gaby and Carlos for suing them.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
The show became a massive hit, but eventually, Ball couldn't abide Arnaz's infidelities.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The Spanish-language adaptation will unfold at one of Spain’s biggest talent agencies and will chart the hectic lives of four agents, along with their assistants and the artists juggling conflicts, infidelities, impossible loves and crazy situations at work and at home.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
Elaborate subplots in his first two also uncover a history of betrayals, political and cultural as well as personal, that are far more consequential than mere bedroom infidelities.
—Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Although the fourth season included murders, infidelities and a missing child, the drama was only a thriller in the emotional sense, an astonishing culmination of 30-plus episodes of selfishness, altruism, devotion and betrayal.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Lian and Wenyu wrestle with their own infidelities.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Everyone’s various infidelities and fights reach boiling point, with Karl and Orson coming to blows at the Christmas block party, Dylan discovering her mother has been lying to her, and Lynette attempting to apologize to Gaby and Carlos for suing them.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
The show became a massive hit, but eventually, Ball couldn't abide Arnaz's infidelities.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The Spanish-language adaptation will unfold at one of Spain’s biggest talent agencies and will chart the hectic lives of four agents, along with their assistants and the artists juggling conflicts, infidelities, impossible loves and crazy situations at work and at home.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
Elaborate subplots in his first two also uncover a history of betrayals, political and cultural as well as personal, that are far more consequential than mere bedroom infidelities.
—Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Although the fourth season included murders, infidelities and a missing child, the drama was only a thriller in the emotional sense, an astonishing culmination of 30-plus episodes of selfishness, altruism, devotion and betrayal.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infidelities
betrayals
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These characters are reacting to a baseline that hasn’t been established yet, which makes their betrayals unmoored.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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Overnight, the world is theirs — but nothing can protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.—
Nora Dahlia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Infidelities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidelities. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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