Infidelity

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Unfaithfulness to a sexual partner, especially a spouse.
  • noun. An act of sexual unfaithfulness.
  • noun. Lack of fidelity or loyalty.
  • noun. Lack of religious belief.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Lack of faith or belief; unbelief; disbelief: with reference to the essential tenets of any religion.
  • noun. Specifically Disbelief in revealed religion; rejection of the doctrine of inspiration of the Scriptures or of the divine origin of Christianity; or, yet more broadly, disbelief in all forms of religious faith.
  • noun. Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge or an obligation; dishonesty; disloyalty; deceit: as, the infidelity of a friend or a servant.
  • noun. Specifically Unfaithfulness to the marriage-vows; adultery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Lack of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a lack of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity.
  • noun. Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.
  • noun. Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Unfaithfulness in marriage: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
  • noun. Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
  • noun. Lack of religious belief.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quality of being unfaithful
  • Word Usage
    "And again: "Hadst thou not had a villain's heart, thou shouldst have gained my consent, then made this match, instead of hiding it from those who loved thee" -- a sentiment which would seem to us astounding and inexplicable had we not became familiar with it in the preceding pages relating to savages and barbarians, by whom what we call infidelity was considered unobjectionable, provided it was not done secretly."
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