adultery

adultery is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.

[2] Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

[3] Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

[4] Faithlessness in religion. Jer. iii. 9.

[5] The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

[6] The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.

[7] Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson.

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