adultery
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their lawful spouse.
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Additionally, adultery is not, in the grand scheme of things, the worst sin to have ever been committed.
America’s strange obsession with marital affairs | Isaac Amend | January 29, 2022 | Washington BladeThe story revolves around an associate pastor at an active Protestant church in suburban Chicago who’s troubled by his own envy and adultery.
The 10 best books of 2021 | Washington Post Editors and Reviewers | November 18, 2021 | Washington PostIt would have been unthinkable under the Taliban, which stoned people for adultery.
Although Prince Charles had admitted to adultery in a prior television interview, this was the first time a senior royal had broken free of the conventions surrounding the palace and shone a light onto its inner workings.
Meghan and Harry’s Interview Won’t End the Monarchy. But a Reckoning Is Coming | Dan Stewart | March 9, 2021 | TimeThe Army Reserve has opened an investigation into whether Cunningham engaged improperly with a subordinate’s family, in possible violation of the rules concerning adultery under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
In N.C., voters call Cunningham’s infidelity reckless, shocking. They still vote for the Democrat. | Rachael Bade, Pam Kelley | October 21, 2020 | Washington Post
It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I say onto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
In fact, Rampal preached against adultery and “vulgar singing and dancing.”
Is India’s Fallen ‘God-Man’ So Different From a Megachurch Pastor? | Jay Michaelson | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPounding is charged with one count each of assault, adultery, and conduct unbecoming an officer.
Commando Colonel Accused of Exposing his Lover to HIV | Jacob Siegel | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTypically, adultery charges are added to cases where there have been other offenses.
Commando Colonel Accused of Exposing his Lover to HIV | Jacob Siegel | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTadultery is a cause recognized in all of them, for which an absolute divorce can be granted.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesWe owe it neither to the Syriac tongue nor to the Hebrew, a jargon of the Syriac, in which adultery is called niuph.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)The women of Lacedæmon, we are told, knew neither confession nor adultery.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)The Lacedæmonians, therefore, had good reason for saying that adultery was impossible among them.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for adultery
/ (əˈdʌltərɪ) /
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man or woman and a partner other than the legal spouse
Origin of adultery
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