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Noun: adultery  u'dúl-t(u-)ree
  1. Extramarital sex that wilfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
    "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce";
    - criminal conversation

Derived forms: adulteries

Type of: extramarital sex, free love

Encyclopedia: Adultery

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