1. Manque de fidélité. L'infidélité d'un amant.
2. Manque d'exactitude. L'infidélité d'une traduction.
3. Défaut de ceux qui ne pratiquent pas la vraie religion.
ETYM Latin adulterium. Related to Advoutry.
Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; SYN. criminal conversation, fornication.
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her legal partner.
It is almost universally recognized as grounds for divorce in the US, and is a punishable offense in some states. The legal definition of adultery varies: in some states both parties have to be married (to other people); in others it is adultery if the woman is married but not if only the man is married, and so on.
ETYM French duplicité, Latin duplicitas, from duplex double. Related to Duplex.
Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another; SYN. double-dealing.
ETYM Latin infidelitas: cf. French infidélité.
The quality of being unfaithful; SYN. unfaithfulness.