infidelity

English

Etymology

in- +‎ fidelity

Noun

infidelity (plural infidelities)

1. 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.
2. Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
   • 1937, Arnold Oskar Meyer, England in German opinion throughout the centuries, page 6:

     It was disastrous that England's infidelity towards Frederick the Great — which no one, not even a German, condemned more strongly than did William Pitt — had to affect one of the most popular heroes of our national history.

3. Lack of religious belief.

Synonyms

• (marital): adultery
• (moral): betrayal
• (religious): faithlessness

Antonyms

• (moral): faithfulness
• (moral): loyalty
• (moral): fidelity

Related terms

• (religious): infidel

Translations

unfaithfulness in marriage or other moral obligation

• Catalan: infidelitat (ca) f
• Czech: nevěra (cs) f
• French: infidélité (fr) f
• Galician: infidelidade (gl)
• Polish: niewierność (pl) f
• Portuguese: infidelidade (pt)

• Romanian: infidelitate (ro) f
• Russian: неверность (ru) (nevérnostʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: adhaltranas (gd) m
• Spanish: infidelidad (es) f
• Turkish: ihanet (tr), aldatma (tr)

lack of religious belief

• Catalan: infidelitat (ca) f
• Czech: nevíra (cs) f
• Galician: infidelidade (gl) f
• Polish: niewiara (pl) f

• Portuguese: infidelidade (pt) f
• Russian: безверие (ru) (bezvérije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-chreidmheachd (gd) f
• Spanish: infidelidad (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ontrouw c

See also

• Infidelity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia