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adultery
Legal Definition of adultery
Etymology
Old English Law criminal conversation
Noun
Old English Law criminal conversation
- Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not their married spouse. In most countries, this is a legal ground for divorce. The person who seduces another's spouse is known as the "adulterer."
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Definition of adultery
Alternative spellings
Etymology
< Latin adulterium < adulter, substituted for the older form of advoutry, q. v.
Pronunciation
Noun
adultery (plural adulteries)
- Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
Related terms
- adulter
- adulterate
- adulterer
- adulteress
- adulterine
- adulterise
- adulterous
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Translation of adultery in Malay
Zina
- zina
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