adulteries

Variant of adultery

adultery definition

adul·tery (ə dul′tər ē)

noun pl. adulteries -·ter·ies

voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and a woman not his wife, or between a married woman and a man not her husband

Etymology: L adulterium < adulter: see adulterate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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