noun
- plural of adultery; acts of voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their spouse
Usage: formal; legal term
Examples
- The divorce proceedings cited multiple adulteries as grounds for dissolution.
- Historical records document various adulteries among the nobility.
- The novel explores the consequences of adulteries in small-town society.
- Legal scholars debated whether emotional affairs constitute adulteries.
- The counselor helped couples work through the aftermath of adulteries.