committed adultery
Had an affair
Committed adultery means to have had sex with someone other than one's spouse while married.
The phrase treats the act as a serious transgression—you commit adultery as you commit a crime or sin.
The past tense often appears in accusations or confessions: She discovered he had committed adultery.
He committed adultery with his secretary.
- fornicatedHad illicit sex
- cheating spouseUnfaithful marriage partner
- affair partnerLover outside marriage
- hotel roomRented overnight lodging
- caught in the actDiscovered mid-wrongdoing
divorce · broken vows · marriage vows · sin · unfaithfulness · guilt · guilty conscience · stigma · heartbreak · transgression · infidelity · betrayal · wrongdoing · taboo · jealousy · lover · extramarital · shame
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