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   a·dul·ter·y

   /əˈdəlt(ə)rē/

   noun

   • 1. voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse: "she was committing adultery with a much younger man"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from the obsolete noun adulter, from Latin adulter ‘adulterer’, replacing an earlier form avoutrie, from Old French avouterie.

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