infidelity

  • 11infidelity — in|fi|del|i|ty [ˌınfıˈdelıti] n plural infidelities [U and C] when someone has sex with a person who is not their wife, husband, or partner ▪ marital infidelity …

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  • 12infidelity —    adultery    Literally, an absence of faith, whence any dishonest act:     In conducting these amours they perpetuate infidelity with impunity. (Mayhew, 1862)    Infidelities imply a consistent pattern of such conduct with different partners:… …

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  • 13infidelity — noun (C, U) an act of being unfaithful to your wife, husband etc by having sex with someone else: Paul sometimes suspected her of infidelity …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14infidelity — noun even after reconciliation, she could not forgive his infidelity Syn: unfaithfulness, adultery, cuckoldry, disloyalty, extramarital sex; deceit, falseness; affair, liaison, fling, amour; informal fooling/playing around, cheating, two timing,… …

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  • 15Infidelity (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Infidelity Img size = 250 Landscape = yes Background = group or band Origin = Kilkis, Greece Genre = Indie rock Post New Wave Years active = 1996–present Label = RunDevilRun Records URL = [http://www.infidelity.gr… …

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  • 16infidelity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. lack of belief in a religion 2. a. unfaithfulness to a moral obligation ; disloyalty b. marital unfaithfulness or an instance of it …

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  • 17infidelity — /in fi del i tee/, n., pl. infidelities. 1. marital disloyalty; adultery. 2. unfaithfulness; disloyalty. 3. lack of religious faith, esp. Christian faith. 4. a breach of trust or a disloyal act; transgression. [1375 1425; late ME < L infidelitas …

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  • 18infidelity — noun a) Unfaithfulness in marriage or other moral obligation. b) Lack of religious belief. Syn: betrayal, faithlessness Ant …

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  • 19infidelity — Synonyms and related words: Punic faith, adulterous affair, adultery, affair, agnosticism, amor, amour, apostasy, atheism, bad faith, barratry, breach of faith, breach of promise, breach of trust, cheating, cuckoldry, denial, dereliction,&#8230; …

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  • 20infidelity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. betrayal, treachery; faithlessness, fickleness; adultery; skepticism, unbelief. See probity, irreligion.Ant., faithful, true. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disloyalty] Syn. faithlessness, treachery,&#8230; …

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