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Noun: adultery  u'dúlturee
  1. Extramarital sex that wilfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
    "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"
    - criminal conversation

Derived forms: adulteries

See also: adulterer, adulterous

Type of: extramarital sex, free love

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