adulteries
Cheating on spouses
Adulteries is the plural of adultery—sexual relations between a married person and someone other than their spouse.
The plural typically appears in religious or legal contexts cataloging moral failings: The preacher thundered against the adulteries and fornications of the congregation.
It can also refer to multiple instances by one person or across a community.
Deceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- philanderingCasual extramarital affairs
two-timing · cuckoldry · liaison · straying · tryst · fling · dalliance · misconduct
Violation of divine law
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
iniquity · impurity · vice · lechery · lasciviousness · licentiousness · depravity · commandment
cheating
Deceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
philandering · two-timing · cuckoldry · liaison · straying · tryst · fling · dalliance · misconduct · entanglement
sin
Violation of divine law
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
fornication · iniquity · impurity · vice · lechery · lasciviousness · licentiousness · depravity · commandment · repentance
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
taboo · ostracism · censure · reputation · divorce · exposure · gossip · infamy · humiliation · consequences
adulteriesfaithfulness
Devoted loyalty maintained
fidelity · monogamy · marital fidelity · loyalty · constancy
adulterieschastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
virtue · purity · innocence · righteousness · moral rectitude
adulteriesvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
integrity · honor · uprightness · rectitude · moral purity