adultery

The definition of adultery is sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than his or her spouse.

(noun)

Tiger Woods is an example of someone who committed adultery.

See adultery in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: L adulterium < adulter: see adulterate

See adultery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. a·dul·ter·ies

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French adultere

Origin: , from Latin adulterium

Origin: , from adulter, adulterer; see adulterate

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