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infidelity Definition

in·fi·del·ity (in′fə delə tē)

noun

  1. the fact or state of being an infidel
  2. unfaithfulness or disloyalty to another; esp., sexual unfaithfulness of a husband or wife; adultery
  3. pl. -·ties an unfaithful or disloyal act

Etymology: L infidelitas < infidelis: see infidel

infidelity Synonyms

infidelity

n.

  1. Disloyalty

    faithlessness, treachery, betrayal; see disloyalty.

  2. Marital disloyalty

    unfaithfulness, adultery, cheating, cuckoldry; see fornication.

infidelity Usage Examples

Possessives

  • husband: She is struggling to deal with her husband's infidelity.
  • wife: The following is the road by which a wife's infidelity was proved: note it well!
  • father: It would be a new, raw wound, the hurt of her father's marital infidelity.
  • man: This maybe a grossly exaggerated generalization of black men's infidelity and perhaps all black men shouldn't be painted with the same brush.
  • mother: Kelber and his half brother must accept their mother's infidelity to her husband.

Converse of object

  • suspect: At other times, this intensity may manifest as jealousy when there is reason to suspect infidelity.
  • suppose: Can Paul cover up his supposed infidelity - and was he even unfaithful at all?
  • survive: She and her husband Harold Nicolson enjoyed a long marriage which survived numerous infidelities.
  • commit: We know women are more likely to commit infidelity on days they are fertile.
  • suggest: Rumors abound over the split have suggested that infidelity may have been the cause.
  • cover: Jealousy is a very specific emotion so I wonder if there should be a future playlist covering infidelity in general.

Adjective modifier

  • marital: It would be a new, raw wound, the hurt of her father's marital infidelity.
  • emotional: Emotional infidelity can start with a simple hi or a wink.
  • sexual: However, sexual infidelity may fall within the ground of unreasonable behavior.
  • avowed: We are not speaking of the insolence of open and avowed infidelity, but of the heartless indifference of respectable orthodoxy.
  • alleged: Awful scenes over his alleged infidelity would be followed by grand romantic gestures once he filled her room with thousands of fresh daisies.
  • serial: She once spoke to a tabloid of how she never really trusted her husband, hinting at his serial infidelities.

Modifies a noun

  • ..: Now hear this: you need not be shamed by your wife's infidelity...
infidelity Quotes

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.

—Paine,Thomas

Pour les hommes, l'infide¤  lite¤   n'est pas l'inconstance. For men, infidelity is not inconstancy.

—Laclos, Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de

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