infidelity
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Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
infidelity (plural infidelities)
- 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.
- 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.
- 1937, Arnold Oskar Meyer, England in German opinion throughout the centuries, page 6:
- Lack of religious belief.
Synonyms [edit]
- (marital): adultery
- (moral): betrayal
- (religious): faithlessness
Antonyms [edit]
- (moral): faithfulness
- (moral): loyalty
- (moral): fidelity
Related terms [edit]
- (religious): infidel
Translations [edit]
unfaithfulness in marriage or other moral obligation
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lack of religious belief
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See also [edit]
Infidelity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia