Adultery

Definition: Adultery

Adultery

Noun

1. Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce".

Date "adultery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Adultery \A*dul"ter*y\, noun; plural Adulteries. [Latin expression adulterium. See Advoutry.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Adultery

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Adultery conjugal infidelity. An adulterer was a man who had illicit intercourse with a married or a betrothed woman, and such a woman was an adulteress. Intercourse between a married man and an unmarried woman was fornication. Adultery was regarded as a great social wrong, as well as a great sin. The Mosaic law (Num. 5:11-31) prescribed that the suspected wife should be tried by the ordeal of the "water of jealousy." There is, however, no recorded instance of the application of this law. In subsequent times the Rabbis made various regulations with the view of discovering the guilty party, and of bringing about a divorce. It has been inferred from John 8:1-11 that this sin became very common during the age preceding the destruction of Jerusalem. Idolatry, covetousness, and apostasy are spoken of as adultery spiritually (Jer. 3:6, 8, 9; Ezek. 16:32; Hos. 1:2:3; Rev. 2:22). An apostate church is an adulteress (Isa. 1:21; Ezek. 23:4, 7, 37), and the Jews are styled "an adulterous generation" (Matt. 12:39). (Comp. Rev. 12.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
	For a young woman this implies abasement and low desires, in which she will find strange adventures afford her pleasure. It is always good to dream that you have successfully resisted any temptation. To yield, is bad. If a man chooses low ideals, vampirish influences will swarm around him ready to help him in his nefarious designs. Such dreams may only be the result of depraved elementary influences. If a man chooses high ideals, he will be illuminated by the deific principle within him, and will be exempt from lascivious dreams. The man who denies the existence and power of evil spirits has no arcana or occult knowledge. Did not the black magicians of Pharaoh's time, and Simon Magnus, the Sorcerer, rival the men of God? The dreamer of amorous sweets is warned to beware of scandal. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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Specialty Definition: Adultery

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Adultery is generally defined as sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. There is usually an implicit or explicit agreement between spouses not to do this. If there is such an agreement it is also called infidelity or unfaithfulness. By extension these concepts may apply for other sexual activities.

A marriage in which adultery is acceptable to both parties is known as an open marriage.

Penalties for adultery

Historically adultery was been subject to severe sanctions including the death penalty and has been grounds for divorce under fault-based divorce laws. The method for punishing adultery was traditionally stoning to death.

In some jurisdictions, adultery is still illegal. Enforcement of laws against adultery is often uneven -- in many places, women are punished more harshly than men, in some cases being considered guilty of adultery even when they did not consent to sex.

Many countries practicing Islamic Sharia law retain the death penalty for adultery.

Synonyms: Adultery

Synonyms: criminal conversation (n), fornication (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Adultery

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Impurity	Verb: be impure; Adjective: intrigue; debauch, defile, seduce; prostitute; abuse, violate, deflower; commit adultery;n.
	Prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim. coNoun: free love.
Sexuality	Fornication, adultery.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Adultery

English words defined with "adultery": Adulter, adulterer, Adulteries, adulterine, Adulterize, adulterous, Advowtry, Anne Boleyn, Avoutrie, Avowtry ♦ Boleyn ♦ Catherine Howard, co-ordinate, co-respondent, Criminal conversation, cuckold ♦ extracurricular, extramarital ♦ fool around, fornicator ♦ Howard ♦ play around ♦ respondent ♦ Spouse-breach. (references)

Specialty definitions using "adultery": Aholibah ♦ Bath ♦ Francesca da Rimini ♦ Jealousy offering ♦ Water of Jealousy, Wicked Prayer Book. (references)

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Modern Usage: Adultery

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I committed adultery. Lost my job and my family. (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal) So you see, I'm not out there committing adultery. I'm out there committing murder. (The Survivors; writing credit: Michael Leeson)
Movie/TV Titles	Adultery for Fun and Profit (1970) A Question of Adultery (1959) Innocent Adultery (1994) A Woman's Guide to Adultery (1993) Adultery (1989)
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Commercial Usage: Adultery

Domain	Title
Books	A Is for Adultery, Angst and Adults Only (reference) Adultery (reference) Adultery & Other Choices (reference) Adultery and Other Diversions (reference) An Ordinary Woman: A Novel about Friendship, Marriage and Adultery (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Urban Adultery (reference) A Woman's Guide To Adultery (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	This Adultery is Ripe (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Adultery

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Shari'a courts frequently impose flogging (except in Dubai) on Muslims found guilty of adultery, prostitution, and drug and alcohol abuse. (references)
Children	Jordan	Illegitimate children are entitled to the same rights under the law as legitimate children; however, in practice they suffer severe discrimination in a society that does not tolerate adultery or premarital sex. (references)
Human Rights	United Arab Emirates	Men and women may be arrested and imprisoned for committing adultery. (references)
	Afghanistan	A second woman, who was convicted of arranging the adultery, was sentenced to 39 lashes. (references)
Political Economy	Afghanistan	The Taliban's religious police and Islamic courts enforced the Taliban's ultra-conservative interpretation of Islamic law, carrying out punishments such as stoning, flogging, amputations for theft, and public executions for adultery and murder. (references)
Women	Afghanistan	Adultery was punishable by death through stoning. (references)
	Afghanistan	Women accused of adultery also were subjected to violence. (references)
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Spoken Usage: Adultery

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Bob Jones	We believe it is very clear from the scripture that homosexuality is a sin. Very clear. Adultery is a sin, there are many other sins.
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Usage Frequency: Adultery

"Adultery" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adultery" is used about 295 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	295	16,921

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Adultery

Expressions using "adultery": commit adultery ♦ double adultery ♦ single adultery. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adultery

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
adultery	677
adultery law	32
adultery statistics	22
adultery and divorce	18
adultery sign	12
adultery definition	10
adultery married people sex single urban	9
adultery ucmj	8
adultery story	8
adultery emotional	8
adultery bible	7
adultery wife	6
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dealing with adultery	6
adultery surviving	6
adultery other woman	6
coping with adultery	5
adultery story wife	5
adultery erotic story	5
adultery in military	5
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Modern Translations: Adultery

Language		Translations for "adultery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tradhti bashkëshortore, shkelje kurore (misconduct). (various references)

Arabic		‏زناء (fornication, misconduct), ‏عهر (fornication, harlotry), ‏خيانة زوجية (infidelity), ‏السفاح (cutthroat). (various references)

Bulgarian		прелюбодеяние, изневяра (defection, falseness, inconstancy, infidelity). (various references)

Chinese		通奸 (Adulteries), 姦淫 , 姦 . (various references)

Czech		cizoložství. (various references)

Danish		aegteskabsbrud. (various references)

Dutch		overspel, echtbreuk. (various references)

Esperanto		adulto. (various references)

Faeroese		hor. (various references)

Farsi		زنای محصن یامحصنه , زنا, ازدواج غیرشرعی , بیوفاءی , بی عفتی (Unchastity), بی دینی (Perfidy). (various references)

Finnish		aviorikos (adulterous intercourse), huoruus, huorin, haureus (immorality, lewdness). (various references)

French		adultère (adulatory, adulterer, adulteress, adulterous). (various references)

German		Ehebruch (adulterousness). (various references)

Greek		μοιχεία. (various references)

Hebrew		עבר�" (contravention, crime, infringement, malfeasance, offence, sin, transgression, trespass), � אוף (fornication, infidelity, lewdness, prostitution), � אפוף (prostitution). (various references)

Hungarian		házasságtörés (criminal conversation). (various references)

Indonesian		zinah (adulterate, fornication, unchastity), zina (adulterate, fornication, unchastity), perzinahan. (various references)

Italian		adulterio (adulterousness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不倫 (immorality, impropriety). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そうか�" (commissioner, correlation, first issue, inspector general, interrelation, launching, magnificent view, repatriation, sending home, spectacle), しつう (illicit intercourse, toothache), まおと�" (adulterer), ふぎ (bring up a matter, bringing up or submitting for discussion, debate, discussion, immorality, impropriety, injustice, misconduct, perfidy), ふり�"ざい, ふり�" (immorality, impropriety), か�"つうざい, か�"つう (penetrate, perforate, pierce), か�"い�" (government official, official seal, personnel), �"�"がいせい�"う (extra-marital intercourse), みっつう (criminal connection, intrigue, misconduct). (various references)

Korean		간통죄 (Adulteries). (various references)

Manx		brishey poosey, adultrinys. (various references)

Pig Latin		adulteryay

Portuguese		adultério (bull, misconduct). (various references)

Romanian		adulter (adulterate, adulterer, adulterous, fornication). (various references)

Russian		прелюбодеяние (adulterousness). (various references)

Scottish		adhaltrannas. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		preljuba (infidelity), brakolomstvo (fornication). (various references)

Spanish		adulterio (adulterousness, misconduct). (various references)

Swedish		äktenskapsbrott (criminal connexion, criminal conversation). (various references)

Turkish		zina (criminal conversation, fornication, hanky panky, infidelity, misconduct), eşini aldatma. (various references)

Ukranian		адюльтер, порушення подружньої вірності, перелюбство (fornication). (various references)

Vietnamese		tội thông dâm, tội ngoại tình. (various references)

Welsh		godineb. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Adultery

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adulterare, adulteri, adulteria, adulteriis, adulterio, adulterium, crimen, crimine, criminis. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Adultery

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 8, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Legousin autw didaskale auth h gunh kateilhfqh epautofwrw moiceuomenh
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et dixerunt ei magister haec mulier modo deprehensa est in adulterio
Old English	990	West Saxon	& cwæðen to hym. Lareow þis wyf wæsfunden on unrihtan hameðe.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And seiden to hym, Maystir, this womman is now takun in auoutrie.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And sayde vnto him: Master this woman was taken in advoutry even as the dede was a doyng.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	They say to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.
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Matched Bible Translations: Adultery

Language	John Chapter 8, Verse 4
Bulgarian	А другите ученици дойдоха в ладията, (защото не бяха далеч от сушата, на около двеста лакти), и влачеха мрежата с рибата.
Cebuano	ug miingon sila kang Jesus, "Magtutudlo, kining babayhana nadakpan diha gayud sa buhat sa pagpanapaw.
Chinese	就對耶穌說、夫子、這婦人是正行淫之時被拿的。
Croatian	i kažu mu: "Uèitelju! Ova je žena zateèena u samom preljubu.
Danish	Og de sige til ham: "Mester! denne Kvinde er greben i Hor på fersk Gerning.
Dutch	En haar gesteld hebbende in het midden, zeiden zij tot Hem: Meester, deze vrouw is op de daad zelve gegrepen, overspel begaande.
Finnish	ja sanoivat Jeesukselle: "Opettaja, tämä nainen on tavattu itse teosta, aviorikosta tekemästä.
French	et, la plaçant au milieu du peuple, ils dirent � Jésus: Maître, cette femme a été surprise en flagrant délit d`adultère.
German	und sprachen zu ihm: Meister, dies Weib ist ergriffen auf frischer Tat im Ehebruch.
Haitian Creole	epi yo di Jezi konsa: Mèt, yo kenbe fanm sa a nan men ap fè adiltè.
Hungarian	Mondának néki: Mester, ez az asszony tetten kapatott, mint házasságtörõ.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	lalu berkata kepada Yesus, "Bapak Guru, wanita ini kedapatan sedang berbuat zinah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	serta berkata kepada Yesus, "Ya Guru, perempuan ini didapati tengah berbuat zinah.
Italian	gli dicono: «Maestro, questa donna è stata sorpresa in flagrante adulterio.
Korean	예 수 께 말 하 되 ` � 생 이 여, 이 여 자 가 간 음 하 다 가 현 장 에 서 잡 �" 나 이 다
Latvian	Sacîja Viòam: Mâcîtâj, ðî sieviete tikko pieíerta laulîbas pârkâpðanâ.
Maori	Ka mea ratou ki a ia, E te Kaiwhakaako, i hopukia putia te wahine nei e puremu ana.
Modern Greek	λεγουσι προς αυτον· �"ιδασκαλε, αυτη η γυνη συνεληφθη επ' αυτοφωρω μοιχευομενη.
Norwegian	og sa til ham: Mester! denne kvinne er grepet på fersk gjerning i hor.
Portuguese	disseram-lhe: Mestre, esta mulher foi apanhada em flagrante adultério.
Rumanian	wi au zis lui Isus: ,,Knvqyqtorule, femeia aceasta a fost prinsq chiar cknd sqvkrwea preacurvia.
Russian	УЛБЪБМЙ еНХ: хЮЙФЕМШ! ЬФБ ЦЕОЭЙОБ ЧЪСФБ Ч � ТЕМА�'П�"ЕСОЙЙ;
Shuar	Tura Jesusan tiarmiayi "Uunta, ju nuwa tsanirma Pujá achinkiayi.
Spanish	le dijeron: --Maestro, esta mujer ha sido sorprendida en el mismo acto de adulterio.
Swahili	Kisha wakamwuliza Yesu, "Mwalimu! Mwanamke huyu alifumaniwa katika uzinzi.
Swedish	sade de till honom: "Mästare, denna kvinna har på bar gärning blivit beträdd med äktenskapsbrott.
Thai	เขาทูลพระองค์ว่า "พระอาจารย์เจ้าข้า หญิงคนนี้ถูกจับเมื่อกำลังล่วงประเว�"ีอยู่
Ukrainian	та й говорять Йому: Оцю жінку, Учителю, зловлено на гарячому вчинку перелюбу...
Uma	Ra'uli' mpo'uli' -ki Yesus: "Guru, tobine tetui rarata kongko bula-na mobualo'!
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Misspellings: Adultery

Misspellings
	"Adultery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adulery, adultary, adulte, adulter, adulterey, adulters, adultrey, adultry, adulttry, adutlery, aldultery, Aultroy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Adultery"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "adultery" (pronounced udu"lterē)
3	-t er ē	alimentary, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, complimentary, contradictory, coterie, directory, documentary, eatery, effrontery, factory, flattery, glittery, history, introductory, jittery, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, olfactory, parliamentary, peremptory, perfunctory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rectory, refractory, rotary, rudimentary, satisfactory, sedimentary, splintery, supplementary, testamentary, trajectory, unsatisfactory, upholstery, valedictory, victory, watery.
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Anagrams: Adultery

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-r-t-u-y"
	-1 letter: lyrated.
	-2 letters: aulder, dartle, dearly, elytra, lauder, lyrate, realty, rudely.
	-3 letters: adult, alder, alert, alter, artel, dater, dealt, deary, delay, delta, derat, deray, dural, early, lader, lardy, lated, later, layed, layer, leady, leary, lured, lutea, luted, lyard, lyart, rated, ratel, rayed, ready, redly, relay, ruled, taler, tardy, tared, teary, trade, tread, trued, truly, tuyer, tyred, ultra, urate, ureal, yauld, yurta.
	-4 letters: aery, arty, aryl, auld, dale, dare, dart, date, daut, deal, dear, delt, drat, dray, dual, duel, duet, duly, dura, dure, duty, dyer, earl, eyra, lade, lady, lard, late, laud, lead, lear, leud, lude, lure, lute, lyre, rale, rate, read, real, rely, rude, rued, rule, ruly, tael, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela, trad, tray, trey, true, tule, turd, tyer, tyre, urea, yald, yard, yare, yaud, year, yeld, yule, yurt.
	-5 letters: ale, alt, are, art, ate, aye, dal, day, del, dey, dry, due, dye, ear, eat, eau, eld, era, eta, lad, lar, lat, lay, lea, led, let, leu, ley, lye, rad, rat, ray, red, ret, rue, rut, rya, rye, tad, tae, tar, tau, tea, ted, tel, try, tye, urd, uta, yar, yea, yet.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-r-t-u-y"
	+2 letters: obdurately.
	+3 letters: redoubtably, redundantly.
	+4 letters: adulterously, disreputably, diuretically, fraudulently, multilayered, prudentially, underlayment, valetudinary.
	+5 letters: adumbratively, adventurously, butyraldehyde, deuteranomaly, devolutionary, documentarily, extrudability, perdurability, refundability, rudimentarily, subordinately, underlayments, understatedly, unpredictably.
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