Adultery word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "adultery" word

[noun] extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"

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\A*dul"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Adulteries}. [L. adulterium. See {Advoutry}.] 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. Note: It is adultery on the part of the married wrongdoer. The word has also been used to characterize the act of an unmarried participator, the other being married. In the United States the definition varies with the local statutes. Unlawful intercourse between two married persons is sometimes called {double adultery}; between a married and an unmarried person, {single adultery}. 2. Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 3. (Script.)
(a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(b) Faithlessness in religion. --Jer. iii. 9. 4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery. 5. (Eccl.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop. 6. Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. --B. Jonson.

Synonyms for adultery

criminal conversation, fornication

See also: extramarital sex | free love |

Related terms: act of love, aphrodisia, balling, copula, cuckoldry, diddling, entanglement, extracurricular sex, forbidden love, free-lovism, incest, intercourse, marital relations, meat, orgasm, premarital sex, relations, sex, sex act, sexual relations, sleeping with, sperm

The fun area, different aproach to word »adultery«

Let's analyse "adultery" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YRETLUDA. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- -.. ..- .-.. - . .-. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: adultery: 1 + 3 + 5 = 9, reduced: 9 (or 7 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: adultery: 1 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 7 = 34, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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